The Atopy Syndrome in the Third Millennium

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Brunello Wüthrich
Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, 1 ene 1999 - 211 páginas
This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium 'The Atopy Syndrome in the Third Millennium' held in Zurich in October 1998. It focuses on IgE-mediated allergy, beginning from the first manifestation of atopy, atopic eczema in infancy, and leading to its manifestations in children, adolescents and adults, to hay fever, asthma and food allergy. The topics covered give an update and comprehensive review of the different atopic manifestations concerning clinic, diagnosis, pathomechanisms, treatment and prevention.
Summarizing the current knowledge on the field of atopy this publication is essential reading for dermatologists, allergologists, otorhinolaryngologists, and pediatricians.
 

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Recent Advances and Future
9
Association of Birch PollenRelated FoodResponsive Atopic Dermatitis
18
What Do We Know about the Etiopathology of the Intrinsic Type
29
Role of T Cells and Cytokines in the Intrinsic Form of Atopic Dermatitis
37
A Pathogenetic Factor in Atopic Dermatitis?
45
Neuropeptides in Atopic Dermatitis
51
Food Allergy
60
A Diagnostic Challenge
74
New Insights in the Pathogenesis of Allergic Rhinitis
95
Advances in the Pharmacological Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis
102
A Prevention for Asthma?
119
Atopic and NonAtopic Asthma
129
Advances in Pharmacotherapy of Asthma
135
The Environment and the Skin
153
Primary and Secondary Prevention of Atopic Diseases in Children
173
Perspectives of Atopic Eczema in the Third Millennium
194

A Danger or a Benefit for Atopics?
81
Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis
88

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