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Introduction to Medical Immunology
Fourth Edition
Edited by
Gabriel Virella
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
MARCEL DEKKER, INC.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Introduction to medical immunology / edited by Gabriel Virella. — 4th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8247-9897-X (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Clinical immunology. 2. Immunology. I. Virella, Gabriel.
[DNLM: 1. Immunity. 2. Immunologic Diseases. QW 504 I6286 1997]
1997
'9—dc21
DNLM/DLC
for Library of Congress
97-22373
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PREFACE
Ten years after the publication of the first edition of Introduction to Medical Immunology, the ideal immunology
textbook continues to be a very elusive target. The discipline continues to grow at a brisk pace, and the concepts tend to
e obsolete as quickly as we put them in writing. It is very true of immunology that the more we know, the greater
our ignorance. This represents the challenge that makes teaching immunology so exceptional and writing immunology
textbooks such a daunting task.
The fourth edition of Introduction to Medical Immunology retains the features that make