A slide atlas, with text, which introduces the reader to the mechanisms and principles of basic immunology and allergy, and the clinical presentation, treatment and prognosis of allergic diseases.
Part 1 Basic mechanisms: allergens, P. Thomson; IgE synthesis and its
receptors, H. Gould; cytokine network in allergic disease, J. Denburg;
activation mechanisms of mast cells and basophils, D. Kennerley; mast cells
and basophil functions, M. Church and J. Caulfield; eosinophils, G. Gleich;
macrophages and dendritic cells, T. Lee; platelets, R.J. Page; lymphocytes,
A. Kay; neutrophils, C. Haslett. Part 2 Clinical practice: diagnostic tests
for allergy, B. Weeke; asthma - classification and epidemiology, P. Burney;
asthma - pathophysiology, S. Holgate; asthma - diagnosis, management and
outcomes, A. Woolcock; anti-asthma drugs, M. Church; allergic alveolitis, J.
Salvaggio; rhinitis - pathophysiology, R.S. Davies; rhinitis - diagnosis and
treatment, U. Pipkorn; conjunctivitis - pathophysiology, S. Lightman;
conjunctivitis - diagnosis and treatment, R. Buckely; urticaria -
pathophysiology, T. Omerod; urticaria - diagnosis and treatment, F. Lawlor;
eczema and contact dermatitis - pathophysiology, R. Barnetson and D.J.
Gawdkrodger; eczema and contact dermatitis - diagnosis and treatment, R.
Mackie; GI-allergic disease - pathophysiology, D. Robertson; GI-allergic
disease - diagnosis and treatment, M. Lessor; anaphylaxis, A. Sheffer; drug
allergy, F. Adkinson.
