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.

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.

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