Clinical Allergy Diagnosis and Management /

• Main Author: Volcheck, Gerald W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Allergy.; Dermatology.; Internal medicine.; Pneumology.; Emergency medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Allergology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-315-8

Allergic diseases affect nearly one-fourth of the population and cause or contribute to significant chronic illness. Allergic diseases are common and are seen by a wide variety of health care providers. In Clinical Allergy: Diagnosis and Management, the author provides a practical clinical overview...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of the Human Immune Response
• Environmental Allergens
• Allergen Testing and Allergen Immunotherapy
• Allergic Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis
• Allergic Eye Disease
• Asthma
• Urticaria and Angioedema
• Atopic and Contact Dermatitis
• Drug Allergy
• Food Allergy
• Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactoid Reactions
• Stinging Insect Allergy.