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Edited by Gabriel Virella, 6th ed, 465 pp, $129.95.
New York, NY, Informa Healthcare USA Inc, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-0-8493-9696-0.

JAMA. 2007;298:1702-1703.

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Advances in our understanding of the immune system have touched virtually all specialties in medicine. Diagnostic techniques such as flow cytometry have improved the capability of clinicians to assess immunocompetence and immunodeficiency. Immunomodulatory agents are the standard of care for a variety of rheumatologic, neurologic, and allergic disorders. Monoclonal antibodies are now used in the treatment of cardiovascular, neoplastic, and inflammatory conditions. Thus, an understanding of basic and clinical immunology is important for clinicians as well as those involved in immunology research.

The text was first published in 1986 as Introduction to Medical Immunology, a concise textbook on clinical (medical) immunology. The title was changed to Medical Immunology with the publication of the fifth edition in 2001. The sixth edition retains the fifth edition's title and overall organization. The book is suitable for students, clinicians, and researchers.

This is a relatively concise book of 464 rather small pages (25 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

James T. Li, MD, Reviewer
Division of Allergic Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
li.james@mayo.edu