A LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE
Clinical
Immunology Serology
THIRD EDITION
Christine Dorresteyn Stevens, EdD, MT(ASCP)
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina
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Stevens, Christine Dorresteyn.
Clinical immunology and serology : a laboratory perspective / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. — 3rd ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8036-1814-5
1. Immunodiagnosis—Laboratory manuals. 2. Serodiagnosis—Laboratory manuals. 3. Clinical immunology. I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Immunity—physiology. 2. Immune System Diseases—diagnosis. 3.
Immunologic Techniques. 4. Immunologic Tests. 5. Serologic Tests. QW 540 S844c 2010]
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