Basic & Clinical Immunology has been totally reorganized and updated to continue its reputation as the superior textbook and review for both students and practitioners. The eighth edition presents an extensively reorganized and updated section on basic immunology in the clear, uncomplicated style that makes LANGE the ideal choice for contemporary, comprehensive medical information. Organized into four sections, Basic, Laboratory, Clinical Immunology, and Immunotherapy, this text enables readers to easily comprehend this difficult subject. Features totally reorganized and up-to-date section on basic immunology, normal immunologic function and disease processes emphasized, expanded Immunotherapy section, thoroughly updated and expanded coverage of immunodeficiency diseases, Immunologic Laboratory Tests section extensively updated with new methods and techniques, new chapter "Molecular Genetic Techniques for Clinical Analysis of the Immune System", and numerous illustrations simplify the identification of cells and their chemical products and receptors.