Textbook of Allergy for the Clinician

Pudupakkam K. Vedanthan, Harold S. Nelson, Shripad N. Agashe, Mahesh P A, Rohit Katial

BASICS OF ALLERGY: IMMUNOLOGICAL & CLINICAL. AEROBIOLOGY: BASICS, APPLIED, PICTORIAL ACCOUNT, POLLEN CALENDER, GLOBAL PICTURE, ANTIGEN PREPARATION. . HISTORY TAKING: EVALUATION OF ALLERGIC DISORDERS. UPPER AIRWAYS: ALLERGIC RHINITIS. ALLERGIC CONJUCTIVITIS. SINUSITIS, NASAL POLYPS, and ASA IDIOSYNCRASY. . LOWER AIRWAYS: ASTHMA: PEDIATRIC. ASTHMA: ADULT. ASTHMA: OCCUPATIONAL. . TESTS FOR ALLERGIES & ASTHMA: ALLERGY SKIN TESTS. LUNG FUNCTION TESTING. INHALATIONAL CHALLENGES. EXHALED NO. IMMUNOGLOBULINS,RAST. RHINOLARNGOSCOPY. . TREATMENT OPTIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. PHARMACOTHERAPY. ALLERGEN IMMUNOTHERAPY. SKIN DISORDERS: URTICARIA & ANGIOEDEM. ATOPIC DERMATITI. CONTACT DERMATITI. FOOD ALLERGY: GLOBAL VIE. MISCELLANEOUS ALLERGIES: DRUGS. INSECTS. LATEX. . ALLERGIC EMERGENCIES: ANAPHYLAXIS/ANGIOEDEM. AIR POLLUTION: BIOMASS FUEL, OUTDOOR/INDOOR POLLUTION, GLOBAL WARMING. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE: A GLOBAL ISSUE. EASTERN MEDICINE: CONTROVERSIES IN ALLERGIES & ASTHMA. FUTURE TECHNIQUES: GENOMICS, EPIGENETICS. ALLERGY/ASTHMA CLINIC: SET UP, PATIENT COUNSELLING, PATIENT EDUCATION. IMMUNODEFECIENCY: PRESENTATIONS, DIAGNOSIS & RX. GLOSSARY & BIBLIOGRAPHY.