Immunofluorescence in Clinical Immunology - A Primer and Atlas

This primer on immunofluorescence techniques, which first appeared in 1979, is a richly illustrated handbook suitable for everyday practical work in the laboratory, able to be used as both an introduction to the subject as well as an atlas. In hardly any other area of medicine are there so many new findings to report. The second edition of this book is concerned not only with the detection methods which now form an essential and established part of diagnostic techniques, but also with the most recent research results such as the discovery of antibodies against Auerbach's plexus and against podocytes...

List of contents

1 Introduction to the basic principles and techniques of immunofluor-escence.- 2 Production of antibodies and labelling with fluorochromes.- 3 Characterisation and quality control of antisera and conjugates.- 4 Actual optical immunofluorescence techniques.- 5 Instrumental technique and the documentation of findings.- 6 General advice.- 7 Applications of immunofluorescence.

Product details

• Authors: Wulf B Storch, Wulf B. Storch
• Assisted by: R. A. Klein (Translation)
• Publisher: Springer, Basel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2001
• EAN: 9783764361822
• ISBN: 978-3-7643-6182-2
• No. of pages: 231
• Weight: 840 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 231 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Biochemie, Heilkunde, Radiologie, Medizin, Molekularbiologie, Biowissenschaften, allgemein, Zellbiologie (Zytologie), Immunologie, Vorklinische Medizin, Grundlagenwissenschaften, Humanmedizin, MEDICAL / Immunology, Life Sciences, Medizinische Bildverarbeitung: Radiologie, Medizinische Forschung, Biowissenschaften, Forschung (medizinisch, psychologisch), Chemie / Biochemie, Immunsystem - Immunologie - Immun - Autoimmunität, Strahlen / Radiologie, Medizin / Diagnostik, Labormedizin, Biologie; C; Klinische Immunologie; Medizin; SCB14000 - Immunology; SCB15007 - Laboratory Medicine; SCC28000 - Medicinal Chemistry; SCH29005 - Imaging / Radiology; SCH35005 - Medical Biochemistry; SUCO11642 - Biomedical and Life Sciences