When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume. Compare this with Allergy Frontiers: Epigenetics, Allergens, and Risk Factors, the present s- volume text with well over 150 contributors from throughout the world. This book captures the explosive growth of our specialty since the single-author textbooks referred to above. The unprecedented format of this work lies in its meticulous attention to detail yet comprehensive scope. For example, great detail is seen in manuscripts dealing with topics such as “Exosomes, naturally occurring minimal antigen presenting units” and “Neuropeptide S receptor 1 (NPSR1), an asthma susceptibility gene.” The scope is exemplified by the unique approach to disease entities normally dealt with in a single chapter in most texts. For example, anaphylaxis, a topic usually confined to one chapter in most textbooks, is given five chapters in Allergy Frontiers. This approach allows the text to employ multiple contributors for a single topic, giving the reader the advantage of being introduced to more than one vi- point regarding a single disease.
Author(s): Alan Edwards (auth.), Ruby Pawankar, Stephen T. Holgate, Lanny J. Rosenwasser (eds.)
Series: Allergy Frontiers 4
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 554
Tags: Allergology; Immunology; Internal Medicine
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
History of Allergy....Pages 3-19
Allergy Diagnosis....Pages 21-47
Nasal and Bronchial Provocation Tests....Pages 49-62
Nasal and Bronchial Nonallergic Provocation Tests....Pages 63-79
Sputum Tests and Exhaled NO in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Asthma....Pages 81-100
Lung Function and Bronchial Challenge Testing for the Allergist....Pages 101-126
Investigative Bronchoprovocation and Bronchoscopy in Patients with Bronchial Asthma....Pages 127-139
Exhaled NO in Asthma....Pages 141-160
Basophil Activation Tests for Allergy Diagnosis....Pages 161-182
CD203c for Allergy Diagnosis....Pages 183-199
Flow-Assisted Analysis of Basophils: A Valuable Instrument for In Vitro Allergy Diagnosis....Pages 201-221
Recombinant Allergens for the Diagnosis and Treatment of House Dust Mite Allergy....Pages 223-231
Diagnosis of Occupational Rhinitis....Pages 233-245
Asthma: Clinical Descriptions and Definitions....Pages 247-256
Occupational Asthma....Pages 257-273
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis....Pages 275-293
Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of Atopic Eczema....Pages 295-317
Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis....Pages 319-333
Angioedema in the Emergency Department....Pages 335-348
Diagnosis of Aspirin Sensitivity in Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease....Pages 349-372
Food Allergy: Diagnosis of Food Allergy....Pages 373-386
Evaluation of the Patient with Photosensitivity....Pages 387-402
Clinical Manifestations of Allergic Diseases: Drug Hypersensitivity....Pages 403-422
State of the Art: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity....Pages 423-451
Monitoring the Allergic Inflammation....Pages 453-471
Asthma Patient Education....Pages 475-489
The Costs of Allergy and Asthma and the Potential Benefit of Prevention Strategies....Pages 491-505
Outcome Measures in Asthma Management....Pages 507-541
Back Matter....Pages 543-547
