| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 688 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Epidemiology of allergic diseases -- Natural history of allergic diseases and asthma -- the genetics of allergic disease and asthma -- Regulation and biology of immunoglobulin E -- Inflammatory effector cells/cell migration -- The developing immune system and allergy -- Approach to the child with recurrent infections -- Antibody deficiency -- T cell immunodeficiencies -- Pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Complement deficiencies -- White blood cell defects -- Rheumatic diseases of childhood: therapeutic principles -- Autoimmune diseases -- Congenital immune dysregulation disorders -- Epstein-barr virus infections -- Intravenous immune serum globulin (IVIG) therapy in patients with antibody immune deficiency -- Bone marrow transplantation -- Gene therapy and allergy -- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and gene therapy for primary immune deficiency diseases -- Autoinflammatory disorders -- Laboratory diagnosis and management of human allergic disease -- In vivo testing for immunoglobulin E-mediated sensitivity -- Outdoor allergens -- Indoor allergens -- Environmental control -- Immunotherapy for allergic disease -- Allergic rhinitis -- Otitis media -- Sinusitis -- Chronic cough -- Immunology of the asthmatic response -- Guidelines for the treatment of childhood asthma: gains and opportunities -- Functional assessment of asthma -- Infections and asthma -- Special considerations for infants and young children -- Inner city asthma -- Asthma in older children -- Asthma education programs for children -- Asthma and the athlete -- New insight into the pathogenesis and management of refractory childhood asthma -- Communication strategies to improve adherence with asthma medications -- New directions in asthma management -- Mucosal immunology: an overview -- Evaluation of food allergy -- Approach to feeding problems in the infant and young child -- Prevention and natural history of food allergy -- Enterocolitis, proctocolitis, and enteropathies -- Eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroenteritis, and proctocolitis -- Food allergy, respiratory disease and anaphylaxis -- Atopic dermatitis and food hypersensitivity -- Management of food allergy -- Role of barrier dysfunction and immune response in atopic dermatitis -- Management of atopic dermatitis -- Urticaria and angioedema -- contact dermatitis -- Allergic and immunologic eye disease -- Drug allergy -- Latex allergy -- Insect sting anaphylaxis -- Anaphylaxis: an overview of assessment and management |
| Summary |
Annotation Pediatric Allergy supplies the comprehensive guidance you need to diagnose, manage, and treat virtually any type of allergy seen in children. Drs. Leung, Sampson, Geha, and Szefler present the new full-color second edition, with coverage of the diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis, the immune mechanisms underlying allergic disease, the latest diagnostic tests, and more.in print and online at expertconsult.com |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Scholarly & Professional Elsevier - Health Sciences Division |
| Subject |
Allergy in children.
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Immunologic diseases in children.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Geha, Raif, author
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Sampson, Hugh A., author
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Szefler, S. J., author
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| ISBN |
1437702716 (Trade Cloth) |
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9781437702712 |
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