Current review of allergic diseases

Author(s)

• Kaliner, Michael A.

Bibliographic Information

Current review of allergic diseases

edited by Michael A. Kaliner

Developed by Current Medicine , Distributed worldwide by Blackwell Science, c1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text provides an overview of important topics and advances in the field of allergic diseases. Recognised experts contribute to a wide range of topics from cytokines and corticosteroids to rhinitis and food allergies.

Table of Contents

1 Costs and trends in the management of allergic diseases 2 Cytokines, chemokines, and other relevant biologic signals 3 Mast cells, basophils, and eosinophils 4 Lymphocytes 5 Immunoglobulin E 6 Allergens 7 Epidemiology of asthma and allergy 8 Pathophysiology of asthma 9 The use and complications of corticosteroids in asthma 10 Leukotriene antagonists 11 Bronchodilators 12 Allergic rhinitis 13 Non-allergic rhinitis 14 Sinusitis 15 Anaphylaxis 16 Urticaria and angioedema 17 Eczema 18 Food allergy 19 Conjunctivities and allergic eye disease 20 Drug allergies

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA41406961
• ISBN:
  • 0632043830
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia,[Oxford]
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 206 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 616.97
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Allergy