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Anaphylaxis is an immediate-type allergic reaction involving the whole organism. It is the most life-threatening allergic condition. Although there are few exact epidemiological data regarding prevalence, estimates regarding insect sting anaphylaxis range from 1-3% in the general population, but muc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Symposium on Anaphylaxis Novartis Foundation, Novartis Foundation
Other Authors: Bock, Gregory, Goode, Jamie
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
Series:Novartis Foundation symposium ; 257.
Subjects:
Anaphylaxis.
Anaphylaxis > Diagnosis.
Anaphylaxis > Treatment.
Anaphylaxis
Congress
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • History and classification of anaphylaxis / Johannes Ring, Knut Brockow and Heidrun Behrendt
  • Rethinking Th2 antibody responses and allergic sensitization / Debra Stern, Waltraud Eder, Gina Tebow, I. Carla Lohman, Elisa Soprana, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, Josef Riedler, Dennis Nowak, Erika Von Mutius, Marilyn Halonen and Donata Vercelli
  • The high anity receptor for IgE, Fc[epsilon]RI / Henry Metzger
  • Effector cells of anaphylaxis : mast cells and basophils / Lawrence B. Schwartz
  • Cytokine enhancement of anaphylaxis / Richard Strait, Suzanne C. Morris and Fred D. Finkelman
  • Patterns of anaphylaxis : acute and late phase features of allergic reactions / David B.K. Golden
  • Fatal anaphylaxis in the UK, 1992-2001 / Richard S.H. Pumphrey
  • The human heart as a shock organ in anaphylaxis / Gianni Marone, Maria Bova, Aikaterini Detoraki, Anna Maria Onorati, Francesca W. Rossi and Giuseppe Spadaro
  • Food-induced anaphylaxis / Hugh A. Sampson
  • Anaphylaxis to insect venom / Holger Mosbech
  • Anaphylaxis to anaesthetic drugs / Malcolm Fisher
  • The radiocontrast molecule in anaphylaxis : a surprising antigen / Elliott C. Lasser
  • Epinephrine (adrenaline) in the first-aid, out-of-hospital treatment of anaphylaxis / F. Estelle R. Simons
  • New approaches for the treatment of anaphylaxis / Donald Y.M. Leung, William R. Shanahan, Xiu-Min Li and Hugh A. Sampson
  • Patient's perspective and public policy regarding anaphylaxis / Anne Muñoz-Furlong.