Allergy, 3rd Edition

First Prize, Respiratory Medicine, BMA Awards 2007


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.

With 61 additional contributing experts

Reviews

BMA Medical Book of the Year 2007

"This book is in some ways two separate books joined into one volume – the first half is an introduction to clinical allergy and the second is mainly immunological science. As such, it is a clear and graphic introduction to current management and mechanisms of allergy." BMA Awards 2007

Key Features

• 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.

New to this Edition

• Features a new chapter on pediatric allergy, presenting detailed information on this increasingly common condition.
• Presents new authors for 25% of the chapters with 50% of the chapters completely revised and remaining chapters updated to include the most recent knowledge.
• Includes a BONUS CD-ROM containing all of the superb illustrations from the book downloadable into PowerPoint.
• And much more.

Table of Contents:

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

O autorze:

By 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; and Lawrence M. Lichtenstein, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, MD