Allergy: An International Textbook

Written by a team of the world's leading experts on allergy, this remarkable book presents the latest developments in the scientific and clinical aspects of this rapidly evolving subject. Spanning the entire field of allergy from mechanisms to management, the book covers the immunological events which lead to allergic response and goes on to investigate the clinical aspects of allergy in detail. The contributors discuss specific allergies, their effects upon individual organs, their treatment, and their relationship to other hypersensitivity states. The modern management of allergy is reviewed, including preventive, pharmacological and immunological approaches, as well as dietary and other methods of modifying mediator release.