Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice (Leung, Pediatric Allergy)

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ISBN 10: 0323018025 / ISBN 13: 9780323018029

Published by -, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice (Leung, Pediatric Allergy)
• Publisher: -
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323018025
• ISBN 13: 9780323018029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This new book provides all of the state-of-the-art information needed to diagnose, manage, and treat virtually any type of allergy seen in children. With editors and contributors who rank among the world's most noted authorities in pediatrics and allergy, this text offers definitive, practical coverage of today's best knowledge in the field. It is certain to become the standard clinical reference on this vital and challenging subject.

• Presents clinical approaches for a full range of pediatric immunologic diseases, as well as descriptions of the latest immune-directed therapies and immunizations.
• Offers detailed guidelines for the diagnosis and management of upper airway allergies · asthma · food allergies · allergic skin and eye diseases · and drug allergies and anaphylaxis.
• Discusses each allergy syndrome's differential diagnoses · key concepts · evaluation · environmental triggers · and emerging and established treatments and therapeutic principles.
• Provides just enough basic science background to help readers understand the clinical recommendations.
• Features abundant two-color figures illustrating complex principles―plus an insert containing full-color photographs that capture delicate visual nuances such as cutaneous manifestations.

About the Author

Donald Y.M. Leung, MD, PhD, Head, Pediatric Allergy, National Jewish Medical and Research Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO; Hugh A. Sampson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics & Immunobiology; Chief, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology; Director, General Clinical Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine/NYU, New York, NY; Raif S. Geha, MD, Prince Truki bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA; and Stanley J. Szefler, MD, Helen Wohlberg & Herman Lambert Chair in Pharmacokinetics, Head, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center; Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO