Immunology and Drug Therapy of Allergic Skin Diseases

Carla A.F.M. Bruijnzeel-Koomen, E.F. Knol (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 204 Seiten

2012 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-0348-9579-8 (ISBN)

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Allergic skin diseases belong to the most common dermatoses. This bookdeals with fundamental (in particular immunological aspects) as well asclinical symptoms and therapeutic strategies of the allergic skindiseases.Cells involved in the pathomechanisms of allergic skin disease aredescribed in individual chapters. The allergic skin diseases which willbe discussed are atopic dermatitis, being the chronic inflammatory skindisease with the highest prevalence, allergic contact dermatitis withspecial focus on contact dermatitis from cosmetics, being the mostfrequent cause of contact dermatitis and occupational contactdermatitis. The broad ethiology of urticaria and the value of severaltherapeutic strategies will be explained. The chapter on drug allergywill deal with the variety of symptoms and the difficulties concerningin vitro and in vivo diagnosis.The book is of great interest to clinicians working in the field ofdermatology, allergology, pediatrics and even general practitioners...

Allergic skin diseases belong to the most common dermatoses. This book deals with both fundamental, in particular immunological, aspects, as well as clinical symptoms and therapeutic strategies of the allergic skin diseases. The book is of great interest to clinicians working in the field of dermatology, allergology, pediatrics and even general practitioners who will often be the first to be confronted with...

Skin immune system (SIS).- Immunological aspects of allergic inflammation: IgE regulation.- The role of T cells in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis.- Immunological aspects of allergic inflammation: eosinophils.- Mast cells.- Cell-to-cell interactions.- Atopic dermatitis.- Allergic contact dermatitis: cosmetics.- Clinical aspects of occupational contact dermatitis.- Clinical aspects: urticaria.- Clinical aspects: drug allergy.- Future developments in treatment of atopic dermatitis.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.10.2012
Reihe/Serie	Progress in Inflammation Research
Zusatzinfo	IX, 204 p.
Verlagsort	Basel
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	343 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
Schlagworte	allergy • contact dermatitis • Cosmetics • Dermatitis • dermatose • Diseases • inflammation • pathogenesis • Skin Disease • therapy • urticaria
ISBN-10	3-0348-9579-8 / 3034895798
ISBN-13	978-3-0348-9579-8 / 9783034895798
Zustand	Neuware