Immunology and Drug Therapy of Allergic Skin Diseases

Allergic skin diseases belong to the most common dermatoses. This bookdeals with fundamental (in particular immunological aspects) as well asclinical symptoms and therapeutic strategies of the allergic skindiseases.Cells involved in the pathomechanisms of allergic skin disease aredescribed in individual chapters. The allergic skin diseases which willbe discussed are atopic dermatitis, being the chronic inflammatory skindisease with the highest prevalence, allergic contact dermatitis withspecial focus on contact dermatitis from cosmetics, being the mostfrequent cause of contact dermatitis and occupational contactdermatitis. The broad ethiology of urticaria and the value of severaltherapeutic strategies will be explained. The chapter on drug allergywill deal with the variety of symptoms and the difficulties concerningin vitro and in vivo diagnosis.The book is of great interest to clinicians working in the field ofdermatology, allergology, pediatrics and even general practitioners...