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The human thymus /
The Human Thymus presents the immunological aspect of the thymus. It discusses the lymphopoietic and immunological functions of the human thymus. It addresses the physiological function of thymus that regulates neuromuscular transmission by the secretion of thymin. Some of the topics covered in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Heinemann Medical,
1969.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Human Thymus; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE. STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN THYMUS; Anatomy; Histology; Electron Microscopy; Histological Changes with Age; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER TWO. FUNCTIONS OF THE THYMUS; Immunological Functions of the Thymus; Endocrine Function of the Thymus Affecting Neuromuscular Transmission; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER THREE. THE THYMUS AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY; Neuromuscular Disease; Other Experimentally Induced Autoimmune Diseases
- Spontaneously Occurring Autoimmune DiseasesImmunological Deficiency Disease; Murine Leukaemia; Cancer; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER FOUR. SIZE OF THE HUMAN THYMUS; The weight of the normal human thymus; Stress involution; Experimental studies on the effect of hormones on thymic size; Small Thymus in Man; Large Thymus in Man; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER FIVE. THYMIC HYPOPLASIA AND IMMUNOLOGICAL DEFICIENCIES; The mammalian analogue of the avian bursa; Main Types of Thymus-Related Immunological Deficiency Disease; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER SIX. THYMITIS AND MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
- Histopathology of Thymus in Myasthenia GravisThe Serological Abnormality of Myasthenia Gravis; The Aetiology of Thymitis in Myasthenia Gravis; Thymitis and Neuromuscular Block; Muscle Pathology in Myasthenia Gravis; Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER SEVEN. THYMIC TUMOURS AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH THYMOMA; Classification and Types of Thymomas; Ectopic Thymoma; Malignant Lymphoma, Including Hodgkin's Disease; Metastatic Carcinoma; Malignancy of Thymomas; Thymic Cysts; Thymoma and Systemic Diseases; Synopsis; References
- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE HUMAN THYMUS IN EXTRA-THYMIC DISEASESSevere Illness; Bacterial Infections; Myasthenia Gravis; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Thyroid Disease; Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia; Miscellaneous Diseases; Leukaemia and Reticuloses; Cancer; Infectious Diseases; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER NINE. CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE THYMUS AND RELATED DISEASES; Clinical examination; Thymic radiology; Radioisotopic scanning of the thymus; Mediastinoscopy; Biopsy and histological examination of the thymus; Thymic weight; Investigation of Diseases Associated with Abnormality of the Thymus
- Thymic hypoplasiaThymitis and myasthenia gravis; Thymoma; Synopsis; References; CHAPTER TEN. TREATMENT OF THYMIC DISEASES AND RELATED SYSTEMIC DISEASES; Thymic Hypoplasia with Immune Deficiency; Thymic Hyperplasia; Autoimmune Thymitis with Myasthenia Gravis; Thymoma; Thymectomy for Leukaemia and Lymphoma; Thymectomy for Erythroid Aplasia; Thymectomy and Autoimmune Disease; Thymectomy and Organ Transplantation; 'Experimental' Thymectomy in Man; Thymectomy versus Antilymphocyte Serum; Synopsis; References; APPENDIXES; APPENDIX I: CASES OF THYMIC TUMOUR AND; HYPOPLASIA OF BONE MARROW