Allergic diseases : diagnosis and treatment /

Phil Lieberman, MD, and John Anderson, MD have updated their widely acclaimed text on Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment, offering in this greatly expanded 2nd edition new chapters on antihistamines, on antileukotrienes, and on the common problem of treating the child who experiences recurre...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lieberman, Phil L., Anderson, John A. (John Albert), 1935-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana, [2000]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Current clinical practice.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Allergic disease: pathophysiology and immunopathology
  • Ch. 2. Approach to the allergic patient
  • Ch. 3. Diagnostic tests in allergy
  • Ch. 4. Environmental allergens
  • Ch. 5. Anaphylaxis
  • Ch. 6. Insect sting allergy
  • Ch. 7. The child with asthma: evaluation and treatment
  • Ch. 8. Asthma in adults: diagnosis and management
  • Ch. 9. Rhinitis
  • Ch. 10. Sinusitis and otitis media
  • Ch. 11. Diagnosis and treatment of ocular allergy
  • Ch. 12. Urticaria and angioedema
  • Ch. 13. Atopic dermatitis
  • Ch. 14. Contact dermatitis and other contact reactions
  • Ch. 15. Food allergy and intolerance
  • Ch. 16. Allergic and allergic-like reactions to drugs and other therapeutic agents
  • Ch. 17. Antihistamines
  • Ch. 18. [beta]-adrenergic agonists
  • Ch. 19. Theophylline
  • Ch. 20. Antileukotriene agents in the management of asthma
  • Ch. 21. Cromolyn and nedocromil: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory therapy for asthma and other allergic diseases
  • Ch. 22. Anticholinergic agents in respiratory diseases
  • Ch. 23. Glucocorticoid therapy in asthma
  • Ch. 24. Environmental control
  • Ch. 25. Allergen immunotherapy
  • Ch. 26. Controversies in allergy and allergy-like diseases
  • Ch. 27. The patient with 'Too Many Infections': diagnostic approach.