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1 online resource (xxi, 442 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part I: Evolution of allergy. The allergy epidemic: a look into the future / U. Wahn ; Is the prevalence of allergy continuously increasing? / Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani and R. Maximiliano Gómez ; Allergy: a burden for the patient and for the society / Erkka Valovirta -- Part II: Epigenetics and phenotypes. Epidemiology of asthma and allergic rhinitis / Deborah Jarvis, Seif Shaheen, and Peter Burney ; Epidemiology of pediatric asthma / Gary W.K. Wong ; Epidemiology of occupational asthma / A. Newman Taylor and P. Cullinan ; Epidemiology of asthma mortality / Richard Beasley, Meme Wijesinghe, and Kyle Perrin ; Epidemiology of anaphylaxis / David J. Chinn and Aziz Sheikh ; Epidemiology and food hypersensitivity / Morten Osterballe ; Genetics of asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness / Matthew J. Rose-Zerilli, John W. Holloway, and Stephen T. Holgate ; Genetics of pediatric asthma / Naomi Kondo, Eiko Matsui, Hideo Kaneko, Toshiyuki Fukao, Takahide Teramoto, Zenichiro Kato, Hidenori Ohnishi, and Akane Nishimura ; Genetic and molecular regulation of [beta]2-adrenergic receptors / Ian Sayers and Ian P. Hall ; Genetics of hypersensitivity / John W. Steinke ; Functional genomics of allergic diseases / Donata Vercelli ; Genetic markers for differentiating aspirin-hypersensitivity / Hae-Sim Park, Seung-Hyun Kim, Young-Min Ye, and Gyu-Young Hur -- Part III: Allergens. Molecular biology of allergens: structure and immune recognition / Martin D. Chapman, Anna Pomés, and Rob C. Aalberse ; Role of allergens in airway disease and their interaction with the airway epithelium / Irene Heijink and Henk F. Kauffman ; Sensitisation to airborne environmental allergens: What do we know and what are the problems? / W.R. Thomas, W. Smith, T.K. Heinrich, and B.J. Hales ; The immunological basis of the hygiene hypothesis / Petra Ina Pfefferle, René Teich, and Harald Renz -- Part IV: Risk factors. Early sensitization and development of allergic airway disease -- risk factors and predictors: is the adult responder phenotype determined during early childhood? / Susanne Halken and Arne Høst ; T cell responses to the allergens and association with different wheezing phenotypes in children / Peter N. Le Souëf ; Indoor air pollution and airway disease / Sara Maio, Marzia Simoni, Sandra Baldacci, Duane Sherrill, and Giovanni Viegi ; Impact of tobacco smoke on asthma and allergic disease / Eric Livingston and Neil C. Thomson ; Socioeconomic status and asthma in children / Edith Chen and Hannah M.C. Schreier |
| Summary |
When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume. Compare this with Allergy Frontiers: Epigenetics, Allergens, and Risk Factors, the present s- volume text with well over 150 contributors from throughout the world. This book captures the explosive growth of our specialty since the single-author textbooks referred to above. The unprecedented format of this work lies in its meticulous attention to detail yet comprehensive scope. For example, great detail is seen in manuscripts dealing with topics such as "Exosomes, naturally occurring minimal antigen presenting units" and "Neuropeptide S receptor 1 (NPSR1), an asthma susceptibility gene." The scope is exemplified by the unique approach to disease entities normally dealt with in a single chapter in most texts. For example, anaphylaxis, a topic usually confined to one chapter in most textbooks, is given five chapters in Allergy Frontiers. This approach allows the text to employ multiple contributors for a single topic, giving the reader the advantage of being introduced to more than one vi- point regarding a single disease |
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geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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allergies |
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immunologie |
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immunology |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Allergy.
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Allergy -- Epidemiology
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Allergy -- Immunological aspects
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Allergy -- Immunotherapy
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Hypersensitivity
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Allergy -- Epidemiology.
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Allergy -- Immunological aspects.
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Allergy -- Immunotherapy.
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Allergy.
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Allergy
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Allergy -- Immunological aspects
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Allergy -- Immunotherapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pawankar, Ruby.
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Holgate, S. T.
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Rosenwasser, Lanny J.
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| ISBN |
9784431728023 |
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4431728023 |
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