num_pages: 393
description: This introduction to clinical immunology offers detailed instruction in immunobiology, lab methods, and clinical serology. The text is divided into three sections, providing the full scope of coverage of clinical immunology in one logically organized source. Coverage immune reactions by the human host in response to a challenge; fundamental mechanisms of the immune system; antigens and antibodies and their interaction in serologic testing; the principles of in vitro serologic reactions and the sources of error and quality control in testing; and immunologic diseases in which measurement of an immune product or reaction is a significant tool for diagnosing or monitoring the disease. New features of this chapter outlines, learning objectives, color plates, review questions, and case studies. New chapters Nucleic Acid Probes and Blotting Techniques; Spirochetal Infection and Serology; Burrelia Burgdorfei Infections and Serology; and Transplantation.
language: English
title: Clinical Immunology: Principles and Laboratory Diagnosis
titlecomplete: Clinical Immunology: Principles and Laboratory Diagnosis
publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins