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IMMUNOLOGY FOR SURGEONS, J.E. Castro, ed.

HOST DEFENSE AGAINST CANCER AND ITS POTENTIATION, Edited by D. Mizuno

RECEPTOR-SPECIFIC PROTEINS (Plant and Animal Lectins), E.R. Gold

THE MACROPHAGE IN NEOPLASIA, M.A. Fink, Editor

COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY, J.J. Marchalonis, Editor

THE NEUTROPHIL, P. Murphy

METHODS IN IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOCHEMISTRY V, C.A. Williams

TEXTBOOK OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY, P.A. Miescher

CONTROL OF NEOPLASIA BY MODULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, M.A. Chirigos     

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GENERAL IMMUNOLOGY by E. L. Cooper

ANTIBODY AS A TOOL The Applications of Immunochemistry, J. J. Marchalonis, G. W. Warr, Eds., A. Johnstone

Both of the above-mentioned works provide a vast array of immunochemical techniques, for the non-immunologist or the beginning immunologist (on a graduate level).

CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY OF THE KIDNEY, J.B. Zabriskie H., Fillit H., Villareal Jr. E.L. Becker, Eds.

IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN RENAL DISEASES, N.B. Cummings, A.F., Michael

SERUM PROTEIN ABNORMALITIES (Diagnostic and Clinical Aspects), S.E. Ritzmann, J.C. Daniels, Eds.

IMMUNITY AND CONCOMMITANT IMMUNITY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES P. Kallos, ed.

SEMINAR ON AUTIGEN-AMTIBODY REACTIONS REVISITED, C.A. Bell, Ed.     

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mmunochemistry by M.F. Steward

In Defense of the Body (An Introduction to the New Immunology) by R. Lewin

Cellular Selection and Regulation in the Immune Response Vol. 29, Gerald M. Edelman, ed.

The Immune System (Genes, Receptors, Signals), E.E. Sercarz, A.R. Williamson and C.F. Fox, eds.     

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Immunological Tolerance, (British Medical Bulletin, Volume 32, No. 2, May, 1976), D. W. Dresser, ed.

Immune Reactivity of Lymphocytes (Development, Expression and Control), M. Feldman, A. Globerson, ed.

Immunogenetics and Immunodeficiency, B. Benacerraf, ed.

Manual of Clinical Immunology, N.R. Rose, H. Friedman, eds.

Immunobiology of the Tumor-Host Relationship, R.T. Smith, M. Landy, eds.

The White Cell, M. L. Cline

Transfer Factor, Basic Properties and Clinical Applications, S. Asbher, A. Gotlieb, Ch. H. Kirkpatrick eds.

The Immune System of Secretions, T.B. Tomasi, Jr.

Surgical Immunology, A.M. Minister, ed.

Comparative Immunology, E.L. Cooper

The Immune System A Course on the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Immunity, M.J. Hobart, I. McConnell, eds.

Immunological Response of the Female Reproductive Tract, B. Cinader, A. de Week

Patch Testing, S. Fregert, H. J. Bandmann, eds.

The Role of Immunological Factors in Infectious, Allergic, and Autoimmune Processes, R. F. Beers, Jr., E. G. Bassett, Eds.     

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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF IMMUNOLOGIC TOLERANCE, T. Hraba, M. Hasek, Eds.

SEMINARS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE VOLUME IV: BACTERIAL VACCINES, L. Weinstein, B.N. Fields, Editors

CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY (Selected Readings and Critical Commentar, V.L. Sato, M.L. Gefter, Eds.

DNA, CHROMATIN AND CHROMOSONES, E.M. Bradbury, N. Maclean, H.R. Matthews

CALCIUM AND cAMP AS SYNARCHIC MESSENGERS, H. Rasmussen

LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION, Editor: M. J. Cline     

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MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: A Textbook of Comparative General Pathology, D. O. Slauson, B. J. Cooper

PHAGOCYTIC CELLS, J. I. Gallin, A. S. Fauci, eds.

MICROBIAL PERTURBATION OF HOST DEFENCES, Francis 0'Grady, Harry Smith, Eds.

IMMUNOMODULATION BY BACTERIA AND THEIR PRODUCTS, H. Friedman, T.W. Klein, A. Szentivanyi, eds.

DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF UVEITIS AT ATLAS APPROACH, Editors: A.H. Friedman M. Luntz, W.L. Henley

BLOOD: GIFT OR MERCHANDISE, P.J. Hagen

IMMUNOGENETICS, M.B. Zaleski, S. Dubiski, E.G. Niles, R.K. Cunningham

COPING WITH THE BIOMEDICAL LITERATURE, K.S. Warren, Ed.

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF THE EOSINOPHIL, T. Yoshida M. Torisu, Eds.

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF Fc RECEPTORS, A. Froese, F. Paraskevas, Eds.

THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM, N. Cohen

THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM, N.R. Rose, B.V. Siegel, Eds.     

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IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN, E.R. Stiehm, V.A. Fulginiti, Eds.

T AND B LYMPHOCYTES: ORIGINS, PROPERTIES AND ROLES IN IMMUNE RESPONSES, M.F. Greaves, J. J. T. Owen.

PROGRESS IN IMMUNOLOGY II, L. Brent, J. Holborow, eds.

IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE (Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Applications), D.H. Katz, B. Benacerraf, eds.

ESSENTIAL IMMUNOLOGY, by I.M. Roitt.     

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Comparative Immunobiology, M. J. Manning, R. J. Turner

Immunity In Evolution, J. J. Marchalonis, Carel J. van Oss

Microbiology, D, Schlessinger, Editor

THE LYMPHOCYTE Structure and Function—Parts I & II, J.J. Marchalonis, Ed., Marcel Dekker.

Basic And Clinical Immunology, H.H. Fudeuberg, D.P. Sites, J.L. Caldwell, J.V. Wells, Eds.

TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS AND IMMUNITY, R.L. Crowell, H. Friedman, J.E. Prier:hardbound

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, George D. Snell, Jean Dausset     

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LYMPHOKINES 2, Edgar Pick, Ed.

LYMPHOCYTE CIRCULATION: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS, By Maria de Sousa

COMPREHENSIVE IMMUNOLOGY, VOL. 7: IMMUNODERMATOLOGY, Edited By: Bijan Safai

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES, A.G. Steinberg & C.E. Cook

INFECTIONS IN THE WMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST-PATHOGENESIS, PREVENTION, AND THERAPY, J. Verhoef, P.K. Peterson, F.G. Quil, Eds.

TUMOR CELL SURFACES AND MALIGNANCY, R.O. Hynes, C. F. Fox, Eds.

PROGRESS IN IMMUNOLOGY IV (“IMMUNOLOGY - 80”), M. Fougereau     

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Laboratory Diagnosis of Immunologic Disorders G.N. Vyas, D.P. Stites and G. Brecher, eds.; Grune 61 Stratton, New York, 1975; hard-bound, xii + 298 pages, $19.00

Immunologic Fundamentals N.J. Bigley; 225 pages, softbound Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, 1975; $9.95

Lymphocyte Stimulation N.R. Sing and J.E. Kay American Elsvier, New York, 1975 398 pages, hardbound, $45.95

The Immunoglobulin A System J. Mestecky and A.R. Lawton, eds.; Plenum, New York, 1974; hardbound, 555 pages; $28.00

Invertebrate Immlmity K. Maramorosch and R.E. Shope, eds. Hardbound, 365 pages; Academic Press London, 1975; $16.50     

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MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO IMMUNOLOGY Eds. E.E. Smith and D.W. Ribbons Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1975 354 pages, hard bound, $15.00

IMMUNOBIOLCGY OF THE MACROPHAGE D. S. Nelson, Editor Academic Press, New York, 1976; xiii + 633 pages, hardbound, $39.00

INFECTION AND THE COMPROMISED HOST J.C. Allen, Ed. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1976 Softbound, 176 pages, $10.95

TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION T.J. Greenwalt and G.A. Jamieson, eds.: Grune and Stratton, New York, 1975; 298 pages, hardbound, $26.50

IMMUNOADSORBENTS IN PROTEIN PURIFICATION E. Ruoslahti, Ed. University Park Press, Baltimore, 1976; Hardbound, 86 pages, $16.50 (Supplement No. 2 of the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology).     

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Renal Biopsy Pathology with Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications by B. H. Spargo, A. E. Seymour, N. G. Ordonez New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1979 469 pages, $47.50.

Pathology and Management of Thyroid Disease Edited by E. D. Williams Clinics in Endocrinology and Metabolism Series, vol. 10, no. 2, July 1981. London: W. B. Saunders, 1981. $9.75.

Problems in Breast Pathology by John G. Azzopardi Major Problems in Pathology Series, vol. 11 (James L. Bennington, Consulting Editor) London: W. B. Saunders, 1979, 466 pp., £5.

Introduction to Diagnostic Electron Microscopy by Bruce Mackay (editor) New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1981 262 pages, $32.60.

Biopsy Diagnosis of the Digestive Tract by Heidrun Rotterdam and Sheldon C. Sommers (“Biopsy Interpretation Series”) New York: Raven Press, 1981

Peptide Immunocytochemistry by Lars-Inge Larsson Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Vol. 13, No. 4 New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1981 Paperback, 85 pages, DM.59.-. (Price to subscribers to the whole series DM 52.-.).     

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B and T Cells in Immune Recognition F. Loor and G.E. Roelants, Editors John Wiley & Sons, London-New York-Sydney-Toronto, 1977 hardbound, 504 pages, $37.50

Basic Immunogenetics H.H. Fudenberg, J.R.L. Pink, Au-Chuau Wang and S.D. Douglas 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 1978 softbound (paperback), 262 pages; $ 7.95

Neoplasm Immunity: Solid Tumor Therapy R.G. Grispen, ed., Franklin Institute Press, 1977 hardbound, 266 pages, $ 22.50

Inflammation and Antiinflammatories E. Arriqoni-Martelli Spectnnn Publications, Inc., 1977 Hardbound, 343 pages, $30.00

Blood Smears Reinterpreted M. Bessis (G. Brecher, transl.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1977; hardbound, 270 pages, $44.20     

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MANUAL OF LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2nd Edition N. R. Rose and H. Friedman, Eds. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.,1980, 1105 pages, softbound $21.00, hardbound $25.00

MANUAL OF LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY J.E. Peacock R.H. Tomar Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia,1980; softbound, 228 pages, $17.00

VACCINE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES J.I. Duffy, Ed. Noyes Data Co., Park Ridge, NJ,1980; hardbound, 402 pages, $48

CELL SUBSTRATES (Their Use in the Production of Vaccines and other Biologicals) J.C. Petricciani, H.E. Hopps & P.J. Chapple, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, London, 1979; hardbound, 220 pages, $29.50

T AND B LYMPHOCYTES: RECOGNITION AND FUNCTION F.H. Bach B. Bonavida E.S. Vitetta C.F. Fox, eds. Hardbound, 709 pages; Academic Press New York, London, 1979; $36.50

INTERFERON AND INTERFERON INDUCERS: Clinical Applications. Modern Pharmacology Toxicology Series, Volume 17). Edited by Dale A. Stringfellow. 1980. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. 320 pages, bound, illustrated $39.50. ISBN: 0-8247-6931-7.     

Case 3

Female, born 1947

Family history: uneventful

Personal history: at the age of 2, angina followed by proteinuria

At 5 years: trauma to the back followed by hematuria

Until 26 years, recurrent macrohematuria following upper respiratory tract infections and mild proteinuria

Laboratory findings:

At the age of 26 years, laboratory blood findings all normal

Inulin-105, PAH clearance 621 ml/min • 1.73 m² BP 105/75 mmHg

Urine: proteinuria 1 g/day; microhematuria, no casts

Clinical diagnosis: Glomerulonephritis     

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Nk Cells and Other Natural Effector Cells R.B. Herberman, Ed. Academic Press, New York, 1982; hardbound, 1566 pages, $74.50

Macrophages and Natural Killer Cells S.J. Normann and E. Sorkin, Eds. Plennum Press, New York, 1982; hardbound 847 pages, $95.00

Self-Drfense Mechanisms Role of Macrophages D. Mizuno, Z.A. Cohn, K. Takeya and N. Ishida, Eds. University of Tokyo Press/Elsevier Biomedical Press, Tokyo/Amsterdam, 1982; hardbound, 343 pages, $83.00

The Heticuloendothelial System (A Comprehensive Treatise) Volume 5 Cancer R.B. Herberman and H. Friedman, Eds. Plennum Press, New York, 1983; hardbound, 356 pages, $45.00

Protein Conformation as an Immunological Signal F. Celada, V.N. Schumaker and E.E. Sercarz, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, 1983; hardbound, 505 pages, $69.50

The Biology of Immunologic Disease F.J. Dixon and D.W. Fisher, Eds. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 1983; hardbound, Carge format (three columns per page), 398 pages, $27.95.

Blood Groups of Primates Theory, Practice, Evolutionary Meaning Wsadyslaw W. Socha and Jacques Ruffie (Monographs in Primatology, Volume 3) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1983 Hardbound, 282 pages, $56     

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Adsorption of Microorganisms to Surfaces by G. Bitton, K.C. Marshall

The Biologic and Clinical Basis of Infectious Diseases by G.P. Youmans, P.Y. Paterson, H.H. Sommers

Immunoassays in the Clinical Laboratory - 1979; & Immunoassays -(Clinical Laboratory Techniques for the 1980s) by R.M. Nakamura, W.R. Dito, E.S. Tucker, Eds.

The Microbial Basis of Pathogenicity Series: Dahlem Workshop Reports; Life Science Research Report No. 16 by H. Smith, J.J. Skehel, M.J. Turner     

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IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION D.P. Singhal, Ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1994; hardbound, 194 pages, $129.95 ($156.00 outside the U.S.). ISBN: 0-8493-4790-4.

CLINICAL BENEFITS OF LEUKODEPLETED BLOOD PRODUCTS J. Sweeney and A. Heaton, Eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1994; hardbound, 198 pages, $89.95 ($108.00 outside the U.S.). ISBN: 1-57059-122-9.

ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF IMMUNOLOGY J.M. Cruse and R.E. Lewis CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995; hardbound, 334 pages, $59.95

IMMUNOLOGY OF PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES VII - UNWANTED IMMUNE RESPONSES M.Z. Atassi, Editor Plenum Press, New York, 1994; hardbound, 231 pages, $75.00. ISBN 0-306-44665-0

Monoclonal Antibodies Principles and Applications by J.R. Birch and E.S. Lennox Wiley-Liss, Inc., New York, 1995. 344 pages including index, hardback, $74.95     

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Immunology of the Lung M. Turner-Warwick An Edward Arnold Publication, distributed by Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., Chicago Hardbound, 326 pages, $30.00

Immunochemistry An Advanced Textbook L.E. Glynn and M.W. Steward, Ecs. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1977; hardbound, 628 pages; $57.50

Techniques in Clinical Immunology R.A. Thompson, Ed. Blackwell, Oxford/Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1977; softbound, 241 pages, 6.25

How to Write and Publish A Scientific Paper Robert A. Day ISI Press, Philadelphia, 1979, 160 pages; $15.00 clothbound; $8.95 paperback     

Levamisole in the Treatment of Chronic Brucellosis

Ten patients with chronic brucellosis were treated with levamisole, 150mg daily for 3 consecutive days every week for 6 months. Patients were followed up for another 6 months after the end of treatment.

By the end of the treatment period, patients improved clinically, their E rosettes showed a significant increase and specific leukocyte inhibition migration factor (LIF) was produced.

By the end of the follow up period, all patients except one became symptom free, antiglobulin titers were very low or negative, E rosettes showed a further increase ranging to normal levels and specific LIF activity was not detected to most of the patients.

Our results suggest that levamisole might prove to be beneficial in the treatment of chronic brucellosis.