Research Catalog

Title

Middleton's allergy : principles and practice / N. Franklin Adkinson Jr., MD, Bruce S. Bochner, MD, A. Wesley Burks, MD, William W. Busse, MD, Stephen T. Holgate, MD, DSc, FMedSci, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD, Robyn E. O'Hehir, FRACP, PhD, FRCPath.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Adkinson, N. Franklin, Jr. (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. (Elizabeth), 1954-
• Middleton, Elliott, Jr., 1925-1999.

Description

2 volumes (xxvii, 1690, I-74 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps; 29 cm

Alternative Title

Allergy

Subject

• Allergy
• Immunologic diseases
• Hypersensitivity
• Immunity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780323085939 (two-volume set : alk. paper)
• 0323085938 (two-volume set : alk. paper)
• 9780323113328 (electronic version) (canceled/invalid)
• 032311332X (electronic version) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013014886

OCLC

• ocn840048786
• 840048786
• SCSB-9073952

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries