Genetics, Evolution, and Disease
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چکیده
Combined Immunodeficiencies, Disorders Affecting B Lymphocytes, The Role of the Thymus, and Other States Associated with Primary Immunodeficiency. The strongest areas are the up-to-date authoritative reviews of immunoglobulin therapy and transplant immunoreconstitution. What are the weaknesses? For the non-immunologist, there is the lack of a single section on basic immunology. Much of what you need to know is here, but you have to skip from chapter to chapter. While most of the known immunodeficiencies are mentioned, you cannot find a clinical description of such important diseases as chronic granulomatous disease, Di George syndrome, or IgA deficiency. There is also no glossary. If you don't know what a mitogen or an isotype is, you won't find the definitions here. Thus, while I recommend this book for the practicing clinical immunologist or clinically oriented researcher who already has a basic immunology background and library, a non-immunologist or student would find one of the more basic clinical immunology texts a more practical purchase since these also cover immunodeficiencies quite well.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 57 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984