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Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System Third Edition, With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

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This is a wonderful book. The glossary and table of all the CD##s are worth the price. The text splits the difference between an engaging overview like "How the Immune System Works" and a definitive reference like Janeway. I found this book to be very helpful in medical school. For someone with little to no background in immunology interested in getting a reasonable med student introduction I'd say start by reading "How the Immune System Works" then move onto "Basic Immunology" to get the details.

It provides what it claims; a simple, easy to understand, upto date, immunology text with great, full color pictures and nice tables. I have used this book for three consecutive years now to teach an immunology course to medical students and neither they, nor I have been let down by it.

The diagrams and images were helpful in integrating the information. The text was well-organized and descriptions comprehensive.

I thoroughly enjoyed using this book for Immuno in Medical School. It uses great diagrams and doesn't have too much information which seems to be the case for most books in med. school.

Book arrived brand new and was very helpful. The visuals and figures are perfect for visual learners, such as myself. Good as an introductory book but lacking in some of the more sophisticated topics. Great for an undergraduate, basic immunology course. It also helped as a reference book while studying for the MCAT.

This book is a bit under 300 pages and is small and easy to carry around, although not quite pocket sized. It lives up to its title and does indeed give the reader a basic and bare bones overview of immunology. A chapter can be read in about an hour and a dedicated student could read the entire book in a week. We used this with our first-year immunology course in medical school and I read the text in its entirety four entire times. The chapters are designed to be more or less self contained, and there is a lot of repetition, although I found this to be beneficial in terms of actually committing the material to memory. For first time students of immunology, I highly recommend this text as a starting point. It's small size make it ideal for quick review before taking the USMLE exam, as well, while larger books would be unsuitable for this task.

Easy to use, easy to read. I enjoyed this even though it was a library copy.

This book is very concise and has excellent pictures and tables to depict the most pertinent information about Immunology. The graphics and tables are all colorful and easy to understand. That said, the book is not as detailed as some other books out there, but for my course I took in pharmacy school, it was good enough. Where it lacked in detail I picked up in the lecture. This book is excellent for understanding immunology, especially if it's your first time ever taking immunology.

This book is flat out the best if you want to understand immunology!
The figures are key! And the text presentation style makes it very palpable even for someone with a non-bio background.

I am a first year med student and this book was GREAT at explaining things and is very thorough. Easy to read and has great diagrams (for those that visual like me!)