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Summary: GOOD BOOK
Review: I READ THIS EDITION IN CHINA PUBLISHED...DO YOU THINK STUDY IMMUNOLOGY? GOOD CHOICE THIS BOOK...
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Summary: Immunology by Ivan Roitt - Still the best!
Review: I used an earlier edition of this text to study for Pathology board examinations (with the American College of Veterinary Pathology), and found it readily understandable (for someone with a veterinary degree and Master's degree in pathology) and well-laid out. I was so pleased that I purchased this recently for an associate starting a Ph.D. The text has chapters covering general immunology, evolution of the immune system, species differences, and essentials for understanding most aspects of immunology, from cytokines to cells to roles in infectious disease and cancer. The new edition incorporates recent information while retaining the basic flow. Altogether, this is still the best text on the subject that I have seen!
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Summary: Roitt's Essential Immunology is better than Immunology by Iv
Review: My college professor raved about Roitt, Brostoff, and Male's "Immunology" (the fifth edition) but as a student I found the book very technical and difficult to understand. I was in the library the other day and picked up "Roitt's Essential Immunology" because I recognized the author (a different book by the same author). "Essential Immunology" is much easier to read and understand than "Immunology". I highly recommend Roitt's Essential Immunology instead of this book.
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Summary: Roitt's Essential Immunology is better than Immunology by Iv
Review: My college professor raved about Roitt, Brostoff, and Male's "Immunology" (the fifth edition) but as a student I found the book very technical and difficult to understand. I was in the library the other day and picked up "Roitt's Essential Immunology" because I recognized the author (a different book by the same author). "Essential Immunology" is much easier to read and understand than "Immunology". I highly recommend Roitt's Essential Immunology instead of this book.
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Summary: An excellent textbook of Immunology
Review: Roitt, et. al., has presented a clear, concise and thorough review of central themes in Immunology in this authoritative text. Each page contains tutorial photographs or drawings which greatly facilitates in learning or reviewing Immunology in this excellent textbook. He first starts with the anatomy of the immune system, and works up to the fundamental relationships of the individual components involved in immune responses. These interactions are presented in a clear and user friendly format. This book is highly useful in teaching Immunology to advanced biology students, and as an excellent review text for professionals in the field.
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Summary: Average
Review: The only reason that I gave the book 3 and not 2 stars is because of the full illustration accompanying the chapters. Other than that it is quite difficult to follow. Better write down the acronyms as you go along or else you will be lost. Very limited index.
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Summary: Do not touch this book!
Review: The text is confusing, very baddly structured and hard to read. Because of the many different authors, the text is not concise. The diagrams and tables are often unprecise, leaving you with even more questions instead of answers. The book is a absolutely not the wright choice for learning immunology. For that I recomend Alberts: MBOC (immunology chapters) and Abbas 5th ed., which are much better books.
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Summary: Do not touch this book!
Review: The text is confusing, very baddly structured and hard to read. Because of the many different authors, the text is not concise. The diagrams and tables are often unprecise, leaving you with even more questions instead of answers. The book is a absolutely not the wright choice for learning immunology. For that I recomend Alberts: MBOC (immunology chapters) and Abbas 5th ed., which are much better books.
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Summary: A disaster
Review: Unless you are already an expert in Immunology, keep away from this book. The text is EXTREMELY difficult to follow. The organization of the topics, for me, is everything but logical. The book has many colorful diagrams, but I found them confusing and hard to understand.
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Summary: A disaster
Review: Unless you are already an expert in Immunology, keep away from this book. The text is EXTREMELY difficult to follow. The organization of the topics, for me, is everything but logical. The book has many colorful diagrams, but I found them confusing and hard to understand.
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