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Durham, Steven
Steven Durham
ISBN: 9780727912367
Format: Paperback
Publisher:BMJ Publishing Group
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This is a comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of allergic diseases for non-specialists. The text includes chapters on most major allergies, such as food allergy, allergy venom, and anaphylaxis. It also covers asthma and allergic diseases of the skin.
An easy to read and comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of allergic diseases for non-specialists. This ABC includes chapters on all major allergies including food allergy, allergy venom and anaphylaxis. It also covers asthma and allergic diseases of the skin. Written by international experts, the chapters also deal with the diagnosis, avoidance, drug treatment and immunotherapy for allergies. Ideal clinical background for clinical immunologists and basic scientists working in allergy
| ISBN | 0727912364 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780727912367 (What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 312 | | Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | | Published in | London | | Imprint | BMJ Books | | Series title | ABC S. | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 297 | | Publication date | 19 Oct 1998 | | Width (mm) | 212 | | DEWEY | 616.97 | | Spine width (mm) | 6 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate | | Pages | 65 | |
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| | | Contributors | | | | | | Foreword | | | | 1 | | Good allergy practice by A. B. Kay | | 1 | | 2 | | The epidemiology of allergic disease by D. Jarvis and Peter Burney | | 4 | | 3 | | Diagnosing allergy by Csaba Rusznak and Robert J. Davies | | 8 | | 4 | | Pathogenic mechanisms: a rational basis for treatment by Peter H. Howarth | | 12 | | 5 | | Summer hay fever by Stephen R. Durham | | 16 | | 6 | | Perennial rhinitis by I. S. Mackay and Stephen R. Durham | | 19 | | 7 | | Allergic Eye Disease by R. Buckley | | 23 | | 8 | | Asthma and allergy by A. J. Newman Taylor | | 26 | | 9 | | Occupational asthma by P. Cullinan | | 29 | | 10 | | Avoiding exposure to indoor allergens by Ashley Woodcock and Adam Custovic | | 32 | | 11 | | Allergy and the skin. I-Urticaria by Malcolm W. Greaves and Ruth A. Sabroe | | 36 | | 12 | | Allergy and the skin. II-Contact and atopic eczema by Peter S. Friedman | | 40 | | 13 | | Food allergy by Carsten Bindslev-Jensen | | 44 | | 14 | | Adverse reactions to drugs by Daniel Vervloet and Stephen R. Durham | | 48 | | 15 | | Venom allergy by Pamela W. Ewan | | 52 | | 16 | | Anaphylaxis by Pamela W. Ewan | | 56 | | 17 | | Allergy in general practice by Susan Cross and Sallie Buck and Jane Hubbard | | 60 | | | | Index | | 65 |
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