Contemporary clinical immunology and serology / Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, Ernesto De Nardin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. The System and Components: Introduction to immunology-- Antibody-- Antigens, epitopes, and immunogenicity-- Cellular immunity-- Complement-- Part 2. The Assays: Agglutination and precipitation reactions: the unlabeled immunoassays-- Labeled immunoassays-- Serology laboratory math-- Part 3. Serology of Noninfectious Clinical Disorders: Hypersensitivity reactions-- Systemic autoimmunity-- Organ and tissue specific autoimmunity-- Tumor immunology-- Immunoproliferative diseases-- Immunology of transplantation-- Primary immunodeficiency diseases-- Part 4. Serology of Infectious Clinical Disorders: Acquired immunodeficiency-- Hepatitis-- Herpesviridae family and other serologically diagnosed viruses-- Bacterial serology-- Fungi and parasites-- Part 5. Additional Information Related to Clinical Laboratory Immunology: Forensic serology-- Basic laboratory safety-- Molecular biology techniques