Pediatric allergy: principles and practice

The third edition of Pediatric Allergy continues this title's steadfast tradition of providing comprehensive, authoritative guidance on the day-to-day diagnosis and management of pediatric allergic and immunologic diseases. You'll have the most up-to-date research at hand thanks to an easily accessible full-color format that highlights a host of new chapters, extensive updates, and clinically focused coverage. Whether you're a student, resident, pediatrician or allergist, you'll appreciate this user-friendly and versatile source for providing optimal care!

Includes index.

SECTION A General Concepts -- 1. Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases / Erika Von Mutius -- 2. Natural History of Allergic Diseases and Asthma / Fernando D. Martinez -- 3. The Genetics of Allergic Disease and Asthma / John W. Holloway -- 4. Regulation and Biology of Immunoglobulin E / Hans C. Oettgen -- 5. Inflammatory and Effector Cells/Cell Migration / Marc E. Rothenberg -- 6. The Developing Immune System and Allergy / Patrick G. Holt -- SECTION B Immunologic Diseases -- 7. Approach to the Child with Recurrent Infections including Molecular Diagnostics / Howard M. Lederman -- 8. Antibody Deficiency / Francisco A. Bonilla -- 9.T Cell Immunodeficiencies / Luigi D. Notarangelo -- 10.Complement Deficiencies / Kathleen E. Sullivan -- 11. Defects of Innate Immunity / Steven M. Holland -- 12. Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood: Therapeutic Principles / Robert P. Sundel -- 13. Congenital Immune Dysregulation Disorders / Troy R. Torgerson.

Note continued: 14. Autoinflammatory disorders / Susan Kim -- SECTION C Immune-Directed Therapies -- 15. Immunoglobulin Therapy / Mark Ballow -- 16. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy / Luigi D. Notarangelo -- 17. Biologic Therapies / Edward M. Behrens -- SECT…