Patterson's allergic diseases / [edited by] Leslie C. Grammer with Paul A. Greenberger
Contributor(s): Grammer, Leslie Carroll [editor] | Greenberger, Paul A [editor].
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, ©2018Edition: Eighth edition.Description: xvii, 925 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781496360298.Other title: Allergic diseases.Subject(s): Allergy | Hypersensitivity -- diagnosis | Hypersensitivity -- therapyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC584 .A34 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000013613 |
Revised edition of: Patterson's allergic diseases / editors, Leslie C. Grammer, Paul A. Greenberger. 7th ed. 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index
Review of immunology -- Immunology of IgE-mediated and other hypersensitivity responses -- Biochemical mediators of allergic reactions -- Evaluation and management of immune deficiency in allergy practice -- Evaluation of eosinophilia -- Allergens and other factors important in atopic disease -- Airborne pollen prevalenece in the United States -- Diagnosis of immediate hypersensitivity -- Physiologic and biologic evaluation of allergic lung diseases -- Radiologic evaluation of allergic and related diseases of the upper airway -- Radiologic evaluation of allergic and related diseases of the lower airway -- Chronic rhinosinusitis -- Principles of immunologic management of allergic diseases due to extrinsic antigens -- Anaphylaxis -- Allergy to stinging insects -- Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and toxic epidermal necrolysis -- Drug allergy -- Food allergies -- Asthma -- The infant and toddler with asthma -- Acute severe asthma -- Asthma clinical trials -- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis -- Allergic Rhinitis -- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis -- Occupational immunologic lung disease and occupational rhinitis -- Allergic rhinitis -- Nasal polyposis, rhinosinusitis and nonallergic rhinitis -- Allergic diseases of the eye and ear -- Atopic dermatitis -- Contact dermatitis -- Urticaria, angioedema, and hereditary angioedema -- Approach to the patient with pruritis -- Antihistamines -- [Beta] antagonists -- Corticosteriods in treatment of allergic diseases -- Other antiallergic drugs -- Delivery devices for inhaled medications -- Novel immunologic therapies, including biologics -- Allergic disorders in pregnancy -- Eosinophilic esophagitis -- Chronic cough -- Sleep disorders in the allergic patient -- Management of the psychologically complicated patient -- In vivo and in vitro testing in allergy and immunology -- Controversial and unproved methods in allergy diagnosis and treatment -- Personalized medicine in allergy-immunology