Allergy
3rd Edition
Published on 1. August 2006
Book
Hardback
468 pages
978-0-323-03227-8 (ISBN)
Description
First Prize, Respiratory Medicine, BMA Awards 2007 and Highly Commended at 2012 BMA awards in Medicine Category. This comprehensive, clinically oriented full-colour 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 third edition features all of the latest developments in allergy and immunology. Plus, a consistent, logical organisation puts vital information at your fingertips.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Allergists, internal medicine, family practice, and primary care physicians
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
ill
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-03227-8 (9780323032278)
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11/2011
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Saunders
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Stephen T. Holgate | Martin K. Church | Lawrence M. Lichtenstein
Allergy
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10/2000
2nd Edition
Mosby
€138.14
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Persons
Stephen T. Holgate, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPE, MRC, Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology, Southapmton General Hospital School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Martin K. Church, MPHARM, PhD, DSc, Professor of Experimental Immunopharmacology, Dermatopharmacology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
Lawrence M. Lichtenstein, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, MD
Martin K. Church, MPHARM, PhD, DSc, Professor of Experimental Immunopharmacology, Dermatopharmacology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
Lawrence M. Lichtenstein, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, MD
Content
Section 1: Clinical Section 1. Principles of allergy diagnosis 2. Asthma 3. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis 4. Rhinitis 5. Conjunctivitis 6. Urticaria 7. Atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis 8. Gastrointestinal allergy 9. Occupational allergy 10. Drug allergy 11. Anaphylaxis 12. Immunotherapy 13. Paediatric allergy Section 2: Basic Mechanisms Section 14. The genetic basis of allergic disease 15. Early life origins of allergy and asthma 16. Epidemiology of allergic disease 17. Allergens and pollutants 18. IgE structure, receptors and signalling 19. Antigen presentation and IgE synthesis 20. Cytokines, chemokines and adhesion proteins 21. Effector cells of allergy 22. Cellular and mediator mechanisms of the early-phase response 23. Cellular and mediator mechanisms of the allergic inflammation 24. Drugs for the treatment of allergic disease Index