Middleton's allergy : principles and practice.: principles and practice. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Allergy
• Editors: Jr, Adkinson, N. Franklin (Newton Franklin), 1943-; Bochner, Bruce S, 1957-; Burks, A. Wesley; Busse, W. W (William W.); Holgate, S. T; Lemanske, Robert F; O'Hehir, Robyn E
• Other Names: Jr, Middleton, Elliott, 1925-1999
• Contents: V. 1. Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Immunoglobulin structure and function -- Immune tolerance -- Cytokines in allergic inflammation -- Cellular adhesion in inflammation -- Chemokines -- The complement system -- Lipid mediators of hypersensitivity and inflammation -- Molecular biology and genetic engineering -- Signal transduction -- Biology of lymphocytes -- Antigen-presenting dendritic cells -- Biology of mast cells and their mediators -- Biology of basophils -- Biology of eosinophils -- Biology of neutrophils -- Biology of monocytes and macrophages -- Airway epithelial cells -- Noncontractile functions of airway smooth muscle -- Pathophysiology of allergic inflammation -- Genetics and epigenetics in allergic diseases and asthma -- Immunobiology of IgE and IgE receptors -- Neuronal control of airway function in allergy -- Resolution of Allergic Inflammation -- The structure and function of allergens -- Aerobiology of outdoor allergens -- Indoor allergens -- Preparation and standardization of allergen extracts -- Air pollution: indoor and outdoor -- Particulate and pollen interactions -- Effect of the food matrix and processing on the allergenic activity of foods -- Structure of the skin and cutaneous immunology -- Atopic dermatitis -- Contact dermatitis -- Urticaria and angioedema -- Hereditary angioedema and bradykinin- mediated angioedema -- Immune complex-mediated diseases -- Allergic and immunologic diseases of the eye -- The nose and control of nasal airflow -- Nasal provocation testing -- Allergic and nonallergic rhinitis -- Rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps -- Development, structure, and physiology in normal lung and in asthma -- Respiratory tract mucosal immunology -- Airway smooth muscle function in asthma: extracellular matrix and airway remodeling -- Airway mucus and the mucociliary System -- Epidemiology of asthma and allergic airway diseases -- Ontogeny of immune development and its relationship to allergic diseases and asthma -- Asthma pathogenesis -- Mouse models of allergic airways disease -- Diagnosis of asthma in infants and children -- Management of asthma in infants and children -- Diagnosis of asthma in adults -- Management of asthma in adolescents and adults -- Emergency treatment and approach to the patient with acute asthma -- Approach to the patient with exercise- induced bronchoconstriction -- Asthma and allergic diseases during pregnancy -- Occupational allergy and asthma -- Pathology of asthma -- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis -- Immunologic nonasthmatic diseases of the lung -- Approach to the patient with chronic cough -- Bronchial challenge testing -- Lung imaging -- Aerosols and aerosol drug delivery systems. v. 2. Gastrointestinal mucosal immunology -- Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders -- Clinical significance of immunoglobulin E -- In vivo methods for the study and diagnosis of allergy -- Approach to the patient with recurrent infections -- Primary immunodeficiency diseases -- Human immunodeficiency virus and allergic disease -- Laboratory tests for allergic and immunodeficiency diseases -- Eosinophilia and eosinophil-related disorders -- Mastocytosis -- Anaphylaxis -- Insect allergy -- Drug allergy -- Hypersensitivity to aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs -- Reactions to foods -- Reactions to food and drug additives -- Oral food challenge testing -- Food allergy management -- Adverse reactions to vaccines for infectious diseases -- Allergen control for prevention and management of allergic diseases -- Injection immunotherapy for inhalant allergens -- Sublingual immunotherapy for inhalant allergens -- Principles of pharmacotherapeutics -- Pharmacogenomics of asthma therapies -- Adherence -- Anti-immunoglobulin E therapy -- Cytokine-specific therapy in asthma -- Histamine and H1 antihistamines -- Inhaled [beta]2-agonists -- Theophylline and phosphodiesterase inhibitors -- Anticholinergic therapies -- The chromones: cromolyn sodium and nedocromil sodium -- Glucocorticosteroids -- Antileukotriene therapy in asthma -- Unconventional theories and unproven methods in allergy -- Complementary and alternative medicine.
• Edition: 8th edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvii, 1690 pages), illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
• Subjects: 616.97; Allergy; Immunity; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Allergy; Immunity; Hypersensitivity; Immunity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323113328; 9780323085939; 0323085938
• Related ISBNs: 032311332X; 99960922401; 99960923052
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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