Medical Immunology Paperback / softback

With an abundance of illustrations, diagrams, and algorithms, this sixth edition of Medical Immunology provides a reader-friendly review of critical material on the current diagnostic and clinical applications of immunology. Organized into four sections that describe clinical applications, methodological advances, immunological diseases, and innovative interventions, the book leads readers through state-of-the-sciences technologies and demonstrates their implementation in day-to-day clinical practice.

Topics include:The genetics of immunoglobulinsDiagnostic immunologyImmune complex diseasesImmune system modulatorsLymphocyte and plasma cell malignanciesThe diagnosis of immunodeficiencies and secondary immunodeficienciesApplications of immunological assays to clinical diagnosisThe diagnosis of disease in which the immune system plays a significant pathogenic roleEdited by a distinguished educator with an extensive research background, the book also reviews the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and management of autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivity diseases, multiple myeloma, and other lymphoid diseases, and primary and secondary immune deficiency diseases.