RT Journal
A1 FULGINITI VA
T1 IMmunology ii
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1979
FD March 1
VO 133
IS 3
SP 337
OP 337
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130030113030
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130030113030
AB Bellanti's second edition of his textbook Immunology II is a delight, as was the first. There are relatively few textbooks that are so well written and illustrated as to be useful to a large number of students of medicine at all levels. Along with Immunology II, other such noteworthy textbooks of immunology and infectious diseases include Infectious Diseases in Childhood by Krugman et al, Hoeprich's Infectious Diseases, and Remington and Kline's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant.Immunology II is a multiauthored, 813-page text that is divided into three major areas: "Principles of Immunology," "Mechanisms of Response," and "Clinical Applications of Immunology." Within these sections, appropriate topics are included that are sufficient to cover the major areas, but they are not too detailed to detract from the explanation of the concepts explored. A sort-of appendix approach to the patient with immunologic diseases uses the last 20 pages of