Summary:

Completely revised and updated for its fourth edition, this is a quick reference guide to the diagnosis and treatment of allergies and immunological disorders in children and adults. Coverage includes allergic and immunological disorders of each organ system; anaphylaxis; insect, drug, and food allergies; rheumatic diseases; immunohematology; transplantation immunology; primary immunodeficiency diseases; HIV disease and related opportunistic infections; immunologic diagnostic techniques along with immunisation and immunoprophylaxis.

The book is written in an easy to scan outline format, with numerous tables. Fourteen appendices provide rapid access to essential information including normal laboratory values, allergy elimination diets as well as manufacturers of allergenic extracts and environmental control products

Contents



1) Introduction to the Immune System
2) Immediate Hypersensitivity: Approach to Diagnosis
3) Aeroallergens and Environmental Factors
4) Rhinitis, Nasal Polyps, Sinusitis, and Otitis Media
5) Allergic and Immunology Disorders of the Eye
6) Asthma
7) Immunologic Diseases of the Lung
8) Atopic Dermatitis and Contact Dermatitis
9) Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema
10) Anaphylaxis
11) Insect Allergy
12) Drug Allergy
13) Food Allergy
14) Rheumatic Diseases
15) Immunohematology
16) Transplantation Immunology: Histocompatibility
17) Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
18) Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease And Related Opportunistic Infections
19) Diagnostic Immunology
20) Immunization and Immunoprophylaxis

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