Allergy, theory and practice /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Saunders, c1992.
Description:xvii, 578 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1404869
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Other authors / contributors:Korenblat, Phillip E.
Wedner, H. James
ISBN:0721672442
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Allergy: Past and Future - Revisited / H. James Wedner and Philip E. Korenblat
  • Pt. 1. Basic Allergic Mechanisms. 2. Fundamentals of the Immune System and Hypersensitivity Reactions / J. Andrew Grant. 3. Cellular Immunity / Daniel Hamilos. 4. The Molecular Basis of Immune Recognition / David D. Chaplin and Jeffrey P. Tillinghast. 5. Eosinophils as Effector Cells in Immunity and Allergic Disorders / A. B. Kay and A. J. Wardlaw. 6. Allergic Mediators / Charles W. Parker. 7. Immunodeficiency Diseases / Stephen H. Polmar and Michele E. Kemp
  • Pt. 2. Evaluation of the Allergic Patient. 8. Historical Interview and Examination / Kenneth P. Mathews and Bruce L. Zuraw. 9. Diagnostic Tests / Jean Bousquet and Francois-Bernard Michel
  • Pt. 3. Manifestations of the Allergic State. 10. Rhinitis / Howard M. Druce. 11. Serous Otitis Media and Sinusitis / Joel A. Goebel and Donald G. Sessions. 12. Cutaneous Allergy: Allergic Contact Dermatitis and Atopic Dermatitis / Lawrence E. Samuels. 13. Urticaria and Angioedema / Anthony Kulczycki, Jr. and John P. Atkinson. 14. Anaphylaxis / Gerald S. Shatz. 15. Pseudoallergic Drug Reactions / Johannes Ring
  • Pt. 4. Treatment of Allergic Diseases. 16. Environmental Control / Anthony Kulczycki, Jr. 17. Immunotherapy / Scott R. Sale and Roy Patterson. 18. Antihistamines / Rand E. Dankner. 19. Theophylline / H. James Wedner. 20. Cromolyn Sodium / Peter Konig. 21. Beta-Adrenergic Therapy of Asthma / John A. Wood. 22. Corticosteroids / Arnold Dankner. 23. Anticholinergic Agents / James M. Corry, William L. Johnson and H. James Wedner
  • Pt. 5. Allergic Lung Disease. 24. Pathophysiology of Acute Asthma / Stephen S. Lefrak and Robert M. Senior. 25. Asthma Management / Philip E. Korenblat. 26. Asthma in Infants, Children, and Adolescents / Uwe Manthei and Robert C. Strunk. 27. Cystic Fibrosis / Harvey S. Auerbach and Harvey R. Colten. 28. Occupational Asthma / Jack Barrow. 29. Asthma During Pregnancy / James H. Day. 30. Hypersensitivity Diseases of the Lung / Raymond G. Slavin. 31. Pollen Allergy / Walter H. Lewis
  • Pt. 6. Allergies to Specific Agents. 32. House Dust, Dust Mites, and Other Indoor Allergens / Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills, George W. Ward, Jr., Peter W. Heymann, Martin D. Chapman and Susan M. Pollart. 33. Adverse Reactions to Foods and Food Allergy / Anthony Kulczycki, Jr. 34. Hymenoptera Sensitivity / J. Allen Thiel. 35. Drug Allergy / Timothy J. Sullivan and H. James Wedner.