Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice

By Hugh A. Sampson, Raif Geha, Stanley J. Szefler, et al.

Book Overview

704 pagesPresents 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323018025
• ISBN13: 9780323018029
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 1.3" x 8.8"