| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 554 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Allergy Frontiers ; 4 |
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Allergy Frontiers ; 4
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| Contents |
Part I: Diagnosis and DD of allergic diseases. History of allergy / Alan Edwards ; Allergy diagnosis / Pascal Demoly, Francesco Gaeta, Jean Bousquet, and Antonino Romano ; Nasal and bronchial provocation tests / Donald W. Cockcroft, Beth E. Davis, and John K. Reid ; Nasal and bronchial nonallergic provocation tests / John K. Reid, Donald W. Cockcroft, and Beth E. Davis ; Sputum tests and exhaled NO in the diagnosis and monitoring of asthma / Myron Zitt ; Lung function and bronchial challenge testing for the allergist / Klaus F. Rabe, Adrian Gillissen, and Zuzana Diamant ; Investigative bronchoprovocation and bronchoscopy in patients with bronchial asthma / Hironori Sagara and Ruby Pawankar ; Exhaled NO in asthma / D. Robin Taylor ; Basophil activation tests for allergy diagnosis / Alain L. de Weck and Maria Luisa Sanz ; CD203c for allergy diagnosis / Vanessa G. Brown and Madeleine Ennis ; Flow-assisted analysis of basophils: a valuable instrument for in vitro allergy diagnosis / Didier G. Ebo and Chris H. Bridts ; Recombinant allergens for the diagnosis and treatment of house dust mite allergy / Martin D. Chapman and L. Karla Arruda ; Diagnosis of occupational rhinitis / Roy Gerth van Wijk ; Asthma: clinical descriptions and definitions / William K. Dolen ; Occupational asthma / Joaquin Sastre ; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis / Moisés Selman and Andrew Churg ; Clinical aspects and diagnosis of atopic eczema / Matthias Möhrenschlager, Stephan Weidinger, and Johannes Ring ; Clinical aspects and diagnosis of anaphylaxis / Phil Lieberman ; Angioedema in the emergency department / Malcolm W. Greaves and Allen P. Kaplan ; Diagnosis of aspirin sensitivity in aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease / Marek L. Kowalski ; Food allergy: diagnosis of food allergy / Scott H. Sicherer ; Evaluation of the patient with photosensitivity / Ann K. Haylett and Lesley E. Rhodes ; Clinical manifestations of allergic diseases: drug hypersensitivity / Benno Schnyder and Werner J. Pichler ; State of the art: multiple chemical sensitivity / Michael Lacour, Klaus Schmidtke, Peter Vaith, and Carl Scheidt ; Monitoring the allergic inflammation / Per Venge -- Part II: Allergy and asthma education. Asthma patient education / Vanessa M. McDonald and Peter G. Gibson ; The costs of allergy and asthma and the potential benefit of prevention strategies / Jay M. Portnoy and Mercedes C. Amado ; Outcome measures in asthma management / Michael Schatz |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
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 |
| Subject |
Allergy -- Diagnosis.
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Allergy.
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Hypersensitivity
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MEDICAL -- Immunology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Allergies.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Immune System.
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Allergy -- Diagnosis.
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Allergy
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Allergy -- Diagnosis
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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 |
9784431983491 |
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443198349X |
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