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Principles and Practice
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By
Donald Leung, MD, PhD, Head, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver CO, USA Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver CO, USA
Hugh Sampson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics & Immunobiology; Chief, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology; Director, General Clinical Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine/NYU, New York, NY
Raif Geha, MD, Prince Truki bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Stanley Szefler, MD, Helen Wohlberg & Herman Lambert Chair in Pharmacokinetics, Head, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, National Jewish Medical and
Research Center, Denver CO, USA Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO,
USA
Description
This new book provides all of the state-of-the-art information needed to diagnose, manage, and treat virtually any type of allergy seen
in children. With editors and contributors who rank among the world's most noted authorities in pediatrics and allergy, this text offers
definitive, practical coverage of today's best knowledge in the field. It is certain to become the standard clinical reference on this
vital and challenging subject.
Audience
Pediatric Allergists, Allergists, Immunologists, and Pediatricians
Contents
Section A General Concepts
1. Epidemiology of Allergic Disease
2. Natural History of Allergic Diseases and Asthma
3.
The Genetics of Allergic Disease and Asthma
4. Regulation and Biology of IgE
5. Inflammatory Effector Cells and Cell Migration
6.
The Developing Immune System and Allergy
Section B Immunologic Disease
7. Approach to the Childe with Recurrent
Infections
8. Antibody Deficiency
9. T Cell Immunodeficiences
10. Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
11. Complement
Deficiencies
12. White Blood Cell Defects
13. Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood: Therapeutic Principles
14. Autoimmune Diseases
15.
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
16. Epstein-Barr Virus – Mediated Diseases
Section C Immune-Directed Therapies
17.
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy
18. Bone Marrow Transplantation
19. Immunizations
20. Gene Therapy and Allergy
21. Stem
Cell Therapeutics: An Overview
Section D Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Disease
22. Laboratory (In Vitro)
Analyses
23. In Vivo Testing for IgE-Mediated
24. Outdoor Allergens
25. Indoor Allergens
26. Environmental Control
27.
Immunotherapy for Allergic Disease
Section E Upper Airway Disease
28. Allergic Rhinitis
29. Otitis Media
30.
Sinusitis
31. Chronic Cough
Section F Asthma
32. Immunology of the Asthmatic Response
33. Guidelines
for Treatment of Asthma
34. Functional Assessment of Asthma
35. Infection and Asthma
36. Special Considerations for Infants
and young Children
37. Inner City Asthma
38. Asthma in Older Children
39. Asthma Education Programs for Children
40. Asthma
and the Athlete
41. Refractory Childhood Asthmas: New Insights into the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management
42. Promoting Adherence
and Effective Self-management in Patients with Asthma
43. New Directions in Asthma Management
Section G Food Allergy
44.
Mucosal Immunity: An Overview
45. Evaluation of Food Allergy
46. Approach to Feeding Problems in the Infant and Young Child
47.
Prevention and Natural History of food Allergy
48. Enterocolitis, Proctocolitis, and Enteropathies
49. Eosinophilic Esophagitis,
Gastroenterocolitis, and Proctocolitis
50. Food Allergy, Respiratory Disease, and Anaphylaxis
51. Atopic Dermatitis and Food Hypersensitivity
52.
Management of Food Allergy
Section H Allergic Skin and Eye Diseases
53. Atopic Dermatitis
54. Urticaria
and Agioedema
55. Contact Dermatitis
56. Allergic and Immunologic Eye Disease
Section I
Drug Allergy
and Anaphylaxis
57. Drug Allergy
58. Latex Allergy
59. Insect Sting Anaphylaxis
60. General Treatment of Anaphylaxis
Food
Allergy Appendix
Clinical Immunology Appendix
Color Plates
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Hardbound, 704 pages, publication date: APR-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-01802-9
ISBN-10: 0-323-01802-5
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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