Bruce R. Smoller, md, concisely reviews for practitioners and students
alike the science of immunopathology, its many basic laboratory tools,
and their multiple diagnostic uses in actual clinical case studies. The
author presents in an easily digestible form a dictionary of antibody
probes, summarizing for each antibody the targeted antigen and its
cellular function, its diagnostic utility, and, when available, its
sensitivities and specificities for identifying various neoplasms. Real
clinical cases from the author's practice demonstrate the benefits of
immunopathology.