Medical Immunology

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 immunoglobulins



Diagnostic immunology



Immune complex diseases



Immune system modulators



Lymphocyte and plasma cell malignancies



The diagnosis of immunodeficiencies and secondary immunodeficiencies



Applications of immunological assays to clinical diagnosis



The diagnosis of disease in which the immune system plays a significant pathogenic role












Edited 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.