本书填补了基础免疫学和临床免疫学以及过敏症界面的空白。多年来，基础免疫学专家和从事临床免疫学和过敏症的医生分开工作--但基础免疫学专家没有医学资格，医生也没有参与基础研究领域的工作。本书由这两个领域的教师和专家撰写，将基础免疫学和免疫病理学的最新知识与临床评论结合起来，使整个画面更加完整。

免疫学是一门复杂的科学，需要采用简化的方法，以便有效地进行教学和理解。本书是基于作者在教授本科生、研究生和实习生基础和临床免疫学方面的长期经验。

本书回顾了与免疫系统有关的各种重要内容，结构清晰，逻辑性强，并通过图、表和带有重要免疫学定义的方框丰富了内容。每一章都有自己的参考书目，大多数单元包括电子测验和音频文件的链接，以陪伴读者一步步学习。这本易懂的书最后提出了对未来学习的建议。它是本科生和研究生以及医学工作者的宝贵资源。

This book fills a gap at the interface of fundamental and clinical immunology, and allergy. For many years, experts in fundamental immunology and physicians involved in clinical immunology and allergy worked separately – but the fundamental immunologists did not have medical qualifications and the physicians were not involved in the field of fundamental research. Written by a teacher and an expert in both fields, this book combines current knowledge on basic immunology and immunopathology with clinical comments that complete the whole picture.

Immunology is a complex science, which requires a simplified approach in order to be taught and understood effectively. This book is based on the authors’ long experience in teaching undergraduate, postgraduate students and interns both basic and clinical immunology.

Reviewing a variety of important components related to the immune system, it is clearly and logically structured, and enriched by figures, tables and boxes with important immunology definitions. Each chapter has its own bibliography, and most units include links to electronic quizzes and audio files to accompany readers step by step. This easy-to-follow volume concludes with suggestions for future study. It is a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as medical practitioners.