Allergy

Highly Commended at 2012 BMA awards in Medicine Category. This comprehensive, clinically oriented full-color resource offers you a wealth of detailed information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of allergic diseases-from asthma to urticaria. Thoroughly updated to reflect today's knowledge, this 3rd Edition features all of the latest developments in allergy and immunology. Plus, a consistent, logical organization puts vital information at your fingertips. • Features abundant algorithms that provide at-a-glance assistance in identifying the allergic conditions you encounter in practice. • Offers in-depth information in a chapter dedicated entirely to asthma. • Provides valuable treatment protocols that assist you in prescribing appropriate therapies and effectively managing patients' allergies. • Includes extensive references that point the way to the key works in the literature. • Features a new chapter on pediatric allergy, presenting detailed information on this increasingly common condition. • Presents new authors for 25% of the chapters with 50% of the chapters completely revised and remaining chapters updated to include the most recent knowledge. • Includes a BONUS CD-ROM containing all of the superb illustrations from the book downloadable into PowerPoint. • And much more. With 61 additional contributing experts The book contains predominantly color illustrations, with some black-and-white illustrations. Content: Copyright , Page iv List of Contributors , Pages vi-viii Preface to the Third Edition , Page ix Chapter 1 - Principles of Allergy Diagnosis , Pages 3-16 , Stephen R Durham, Martin K Church Chapter 2 - Asthma , Pages 17-36 , Thomas AE Platts-Mills, Mitsuru Adachi, Romain A Pauwels, Stephen T Holgate Chapter 3 - Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis , Pages 37-54 , David J Hendrick, Charles McSharry Chapter 4 - Rhinitis , Pages 55-76 , Glenis K Scadding, Martin K Church Chapter 5 - Conjunctivitis , Pages 77-93 , Melanie Hingorani, Virginia L Calder, Roger J Buckley, Susan Lightman Chapter 6 - Urticaria , Pages 95-106 , Clive E Grattan, Ernest N Charlesworth Chapter 7 - Atopic Dermatitis and Allergic Contact Dermatitis , Pages 107-127 , Thomas Werfel, Alexander Kapp Chapter 8 - Gastrointestinal Allergy , Pages 129-141 , Stephan C Bischoff Chapter 9 - Occupational Allergy , Pages 143-155 , Piero Maestrelli, Leonardo M Fabbri, Jean-Luc Malo Chapter 10 - Drug Allergy , Pages 157-166 , N Franklin Adkinson, Peter S Friedmann, Jacqueline A Pongracic Chapter 11 - Anaphylaxis , Pages 167-178 , Albert L Sheffer, Anna Feldweg, Mariana Castells Chapter 12 - Immunotherapy , Pages 179-187 , Anthony J Frew, M Thirumal Krishna, David BK Golden, Thomas B Casale Chapter 13 - Pediatric Allergy , Pages 189-202 , Ulrich Wahn, Estelle Simons Chapter 14 - The Genetic Basis of Allergic Disease , Pages 205-221 , Stephen T Holgate Chapter 15 - Early life origins of allergy and asthma , Pages 223-231 , Patrick G Holt, Peter DL Sly, Graham Devereux Chapter 16 - Epidemiology of Allergic Disease , Pages 233-246 , Julian Crane, Erika von Mutius, Adnan Custovic Chapter 17 - Allergens and Pollutants , Pages 247-287 , Geoffrey A Stewart, Philip J Thompson, David Peden, Neil Alexis Chapter 18 - IgE Structure, Receptors, and Signaling , Pages 289-308 , Rebecca L Beavil, Andrew J Beavil, llona G Reischl Chapter 19 - Antigen Presentation and IgE Synthesis , Pages 309-328 , Natalija Novak, Hans Oettgen, Thomas Bieber, Patrick G Holt Chapter 20 - Cytokines, Chemokines, and Adhesion Proteins , Pages 329-349 , David H Broide Chapter 21 - Effector Cells of Allergy , Pages 351-373 , Catherine M Hawrylowicz, Donald W MacGlashan, Hirohisa Saito, Hans-Uwe Simon, Andrew J Wardlaw Chapter 22 - Cellular and Mediator Mechanisms of the Early-Phase Response , Pages 375-387 , Burton Zweiman, Paul M O'Byrne, Carl GA Persson, Martin K Church Chapter 23 - Cellular and Mediator Mechanisms of Allergic Inflammation , Pages 389-405 , Jay J Prochnau, William W Busse, Stephen T Holgate Chapter 24 - Drugs for the Treatment of Allergic Disease , Pages 407-428 , Martin K Church, Sohei Makino Glossary , Pages 429-432 Index , Pages 433-458 This comprehensive, clinically oriented full-color resource offers a wealth of detailed information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of allergic diseases from asthma to urticaria. Thoroughly updated to reflect today's knowledge, this edition features all of the latest developments in allergy and immunology Accompanying CD-ROM contains illustrations from the book. These images can be used in PowerPoint. Also contains a Macromedia Flash-based program.