Manual of Allergy and Immunology

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Daniel C. Adelman, Thomas B. Casale, Jonathan Corren
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 - 544 pages

Completely revised and updated for its Fourth Edition, this Spiral(R) Manual is a quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and treatment of allergies and immunologic disorders in children and adults. Coverage includes allergic and immunologic disorders of each organ system; anaphylaxis; insect, drug, and food allergies; rheumatic diseases; immunohematology; transplantation immunology; primary immunodeficiency diseases; HIV disease and related opportunistic infections; immunologic diagnostic techniques; and immunization and immunoprophylaxis.

The book is written in an easy-to-scan outline format, with numerous tables. Fourteen appendices provide rapid access to essential information, including normal laboratory values, allergy elimination diets, and manufacturers of allergenic extracts and environmental control products.

A Brandon-Hill recommended title.

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Contents

Approach to Diagnosis
24
Aeroallergens and Environmental Factors
44
Allergic and Immunologic Disorders of the Eye
75
Asthma
93
Immunologic Diseases of the Lung
138
Atopic Dermatitis and Contact Dermatitis
165
Background Evaluation
187
Insect Allergy
208
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
397
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease and Related
418
Diagnostic Immunology
441
Immunization and Immunoprophylaxis
457
Appendices
483
Normative Total Serum Immunoglobulin E Levels as Determined by
491
Normal Pulmonary Values
509
Oxygen Values
515

Food Allergy
242
Rheumatic Diseases
256
Immunohematology
337
Histocompatibility
374
Χ GlutenFree Diet
523
Commercial Sources for Environmental Control Products
529
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