Review in general terms the organization and effector cells of the immune system.
Describe the Arthus reaction and serum sickness and relate them to hypersensitivity reactions.
Define and describe the clinical, pathologic, and clinical laboratory features of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis/polymyositis, Sjögren's syndrome, polyarteritis nodosa, and mixed connective tissue disease.
Classify the histocompatibility antigens and how they relate to the major histocompatibility complex and to transplantation.
Know prototypic organ rejection processes, giving the chronologic, immunologic, and morphologic features of each.
Know the physical characteristics of amyloid which make it unique.
Understand the different disease processes that can lead to amyloidosis and be able to characterize the different clinical sequelae of amyloidosis.