1. Introduction

2. Production of monoclonal antibodies

3. Antigen-antibody interactions: how affinity and kinetics affect assay design and selection procedures

4. The production and characterisation of synthetic peptide-derived antibodies

5. Human monoclonal antibodies

6. Bispecific monoclonal antibodies

7. The production of antibodies using phage display libraries

8. Genetic manipulation of monoclonal antibodies

9. Monoclonal antibodies in diagnostic immunoassays

10A. Monoclonal antibodies in diagnostic pathology

10B. In vivo targeting of monoclonal antibodies for immunoscintigraphy and therapy of human malignancies

11A. Monoclonal antibodies in infectious disease: diagnosis

11B. Monoclonal antibodies in the prophyllaxis and therapy of infectious disease

12A. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: immunohistology

12B. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: experimental studies on in vivo immunosuppression

12C. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: prophyllaxis of graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation

12D. Monoclonal antibodies in transplantation: use as therapeutic agents in clinical organ transplantation

13. Monoclonal antibodies and the skin

14. Monoclonal antibodies in endocrinology

15. Monoclonal antibodies in rheumatology

16. Technical appendix.