Case Studies in Immunology - 9780815341451

Geha and Rosen's (pediatrics, Harvard Medical School) text is designed to help medical and premedical students learn and understand the importance of basic immunological mechanisms, and is also intended for any student of immunology. The 47 cases are organized so that the main topics addressed in each case follow as far as possible the order in which these topics appear in the seventh edition of Janeway's Immunobiology by Kenneth Murphy, Paul Travers, and Mark Waldport. The updated fifth edition features five new case studies: hereditary periodic fever syndromes; interleukin 1 receptor-associated kinase 4 deficiency; common variable immunodeficiency; immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy x-linked disease; and celiac disease. Illustrated throughout with b&w and color photographs, diagrams, and charts. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)