Part 1 Basic immunology: Introduction; tissues and cells involved in the immune response; major histocompatibility complex; antigenicity and immune recognition; immunoglobulin structure; biosynthesis, metabolism, and biological properties ofimmunoglobulins; genetics of immunoglobulins; antigen-antibody reactions; the complement system; lymphocyte ontogeny and membrane markers; cell-mediated immunity; the humoral immune response and its induction by active immunization; phagocytic cells;infections and immunity. Part 2 Diagnostic immunology: diagnostic immunology. Part 3 Clinical immunology: tolerance and autoimmunity; organ-specific autoimmune diseases; systemic lupus erythematosus; rheumatoid arthriris; hypersensitivity reactions;immediate hypersensitivity; immunohematology; immune complex diseases; immunosuppression and immunomodulation; transplantation immunology; tumour immunology; malignancies of the immune system. Part 4 Immunodeficiency diseases: diagnosis ofimmunodeficiency diseases; AIDS and other acquired immunodeficiencies.