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 - too much information.Pharmacology is tested more often on step 1 than immunology, however, the same book "road map pharmacology" actually has less pages than this book. This book definitely has too much information. Maybe it is good for the actual class, it is certainly not a good book for step 1 review. I was going to rate it a 3. "apoptosis" rated it a 5, therefore, I had to rate this book a 2. I also have read the high yield immunology. At least that book is managable, you will go crazy if you want to study this book. It has listed some diseases which are not even mentioned on the brs pathology book, for example, do you know about the Job's symdrome or "systemic inflammatory response syndrome," selective IGG2 deficiency, selective IGA deficiency, etc. It has way too much detailed information. I bet, not even the author himself can remember everything he wrote in that book. Immunology is not a highly tested subject on USMLE. Even if you spend time reading this book from the first page till the last, there is no way that you will be able to remember everything in this book. For people who are preparing for step 1, there is no way that you can allocate a large part of study time just to study this book. There are many more important books that you want to read. Rating:  - Quick, organized - high yieldPerfect for the KUMC Immunology course, a must have for any medical student Rating: - "Too much" is better than "not enough"!I guess I have to write a new review on this book, as my answer to Preppy Jock. First of all, I'd say, that too much info is always better than not enough, especially, if someone has managed to put all this info in a concise and readable way. Comparing different books from the same series only by their page numbers isn't the very helpful method to judge about their quality - these books may be at the different level of reviewing - what is "Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology" or "Katzung and Trevor's Review of Pharmacology" (NOT "USMLE Road Map: Pharmacology"!) for pharmacology, the same is "USMLE Road Map: Immunology" for immunology - read my amazon review about "USMLE Road Map: Pharmacology", 2nd ed. and you'll understand what do I mean. 224 pages long review of immunology couldn't "make you crazy, because it's too detailed" - your only complaint is that you can find all the aspects of immunology in this tiny book, but this just means that the author has done an excellent job - you'll be able to answer every question about immunology on your step 1 exam, even the most difficult one! Also, who said that "BRS Pathology" is the standard for the USMLE step 1 and only those diseases, which are mentioned in that book will be tested on the actual exam? You may feel more comfortable reading "High-Yield Immunology" - that book is oversimplified and so, you'll be reading mostly the stuff you already know - you wouldn't need much effort, but I guess, this wouldn't make your performance on the USMLE step 1 better. page 1 of 1
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