A Primer and Atlas 2000. For this reason immunofluorescence has a decisive role as the method of choice for the diagnosis of auto-immune diseases. This primer on immunofluorescence techniques, which first appeared in 1979, is a richly illustrated handbook suitable for everyday practical work in the laboratory, useable as both an introduction to the subject as well as an atlas. In hardly any other area of medicine are there so many new findings to report. The second edition of this book is concerned not only with the detection methods which now form an essential and established part of diagnostic techniques, but also with the most recent research results such as the discovery of antibodies against Auerbach's plexus and against podocytes.
Considerable attention is paid to diagnostic methods for use with auto-immune diseases.
For the first time the material has been presented in the form of a broad overview. In the hands of an experienced worker there is no other investigative laboratory method capable of replacing immunofluorescence.