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Edited by K. Frank Austen, Steven J. Burakoff, Fred S. Rosen, and Terry B. Strom. 675 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Science, 1996. $165. ISBN 0-86542-375-X.

The progress of medicine in the past half-century is nowhere better illustrated than in the elucidation of the immune system and with it the emergence of a multifaceted armamentarium for treating both immunologic diseases themselves and nonimmunologic diseases that can only be treated by manipulating the immune system. Several experienced clinical scientists in the field of immunology have taken on the challenge of assembling a compendium focused on the many forms of immunologic therapy.

In 52 pithy chapters, this book deals with an astounding array of immunologic treatments, ranging from standbys such as corticosteroids and allergy desensitization to solid-organ transplantation . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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