Urticaria and Angioedema

Allen P. Kaplan, Malcolm W. Greaves

What Is Urticaria? Anatomical, Physiological, and Histological Considerations and Classification. Epidemiology. Mast Cells. Basophils. Mechanisms of Bradykinin Formation. The Complement System: Mechanisms of Activation, Regulation, and Role in Innate and Adaptive Immunity. The IgE-Mediated Cutaneous Late-Phase Reaction. Diagnostic Techniques for Urticaria and Angioedema. Acute Urticaria. Contact Urticaria. Physical and Cholinergic Urticarias. Urticaria and Angioedema in Infancy and Early Childhood. Final Manuscript to Urticaria Book. Diagnosis of Difficult Urticiaria and Angioedema. Hereditary Disorders with Urticaria or Angioedema. Hereditary Angioedema and Acquired C1 Inhibitor Deficiency. Chronic Urticaria: Autoimmune Chronic Urticaria and Idiopathic Chronic Urticaria. Chronic Urticaria: General Principles and Management. Urticaria: Principles of Antihistamine Treatment. Treatment of Chronic Urticaria: Approaches other than Antihistaminics. Urticarial Vasculitis/Venulitis. Nonhereditary Angioedema and Idiopathic Anaphylaxis. Systemic Disorders with Urticaria and/or Angioedema. Systemic Mastocytosis. Hypereosinophilic Syndromes.