Product Description

The Immune System, Second Edition has been designed for use in immunology courses for undergraduate, medical, dental, and pharmacy students. This class-tested and successful textbook synthesizes the established facts of immunology into a comprehensible, coherent, and up-to-date account of how the immune system works, rather than presenting immunology as a chronology of experiments and discoveries. Emphasizing the human immune system the text has been designed to break down the barriers which often divide basic and clinical immunology. The reader-friendly text, section and chapter summaries, and full-color illustrations make the book accessible and easily understandable to students. The Immune System is adapted from Immunobiology by Janeway, Travers & Walport.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #132269 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

Review
...Appealing and relevant for those students who approach the study of the immune system through a clinical lens, including students of medicine, pharmacology, midwifery, or nursing; it would also be appropriate in an introductory immunology course..
113(3):345-6
–Clinical Immunology, 2004

Book Info
Stanford Univ., CA. Adapted from the text, Immunobiology, 6th edition, c2004. Introductory textbook provides an easy-to-understand account of how the human immune system works. Features new end-of-chapter review questions and emphasizes human immunity with increased coverage on human genetics. Previous edition: c2000. Softcover.