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Middleton's Allergy 2-Volume Set

Principles and Practice

  • 9th Edition - September 25, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: A. Wesley Burks, Robyn E. O'Hehir, David H. Broide, Stephen T Holgate, Leonard B. Bacharier, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, R. Stokes Peebles
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Allergy/Clinical Immunology**Through eight outstanding editions, Middleton’s Allergy: Princi… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Allergy/Clinical Immunology**

Through eight outstanding editions, Middleton’s Allergy: Principles and Practice has been the reference of choice for both clinicians and researchers as both a practical reference and an effective self-assessment tool for board preparation. The 9th Edition continues the tradition of excellence with comprehensive coverage of all basic science and clinical applications regarding allergy practice and disease mechanisms. It brings you fully up to date with recent innovations in the diagnosis, prevention, and management of allergic disorders, including emerging global issues, the advent of precision medicine, and new immunologic therapies.

Key features

  • Offers unparalleled depth and up-to-date guidance on the full spectrum of allergy across the lifespan, with significant updates throughout
  • Contains new chapters on Innate Lymphoid Cells, Systems Biology, and Treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
  • Discusses emerging topics such as epidemic thunderstorm asthma and precision medicine in allergic disorders
  • Features more than 730 full-color illustrations, including many new cellular and molecular drawings of disease mechanisms
  • Includes new Summary of Important Concepts boxes, plus new multiple-choice questions online with explanations and answers
  • Features a new team of expert editors and more international contributors for a global perspective of this complex field
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Readership

Allergists and Immunologists

Table of contents

Volume 1
SECTION A Basic Sciences Underlying Allergy and Immunology


1. Innate Immunity

2. Adaptive Immunity

3. Immunoglobulin Structure and Function

4. Immune Tolerance

5. Cytokines in Allergic Inflammation

6. Cellular Adhesion in Inflammation

7. Chemokines

8. The Complement System

9. Lipid Mediators of Hypersensitivity and Inflammation

10. Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering

11. Biology of Lymphocytes

12. Innate Lymphoid Cells

13. Antigen-Presenting Dendritic Cells

14. Biology of Mast Cells and Their Mediators

15. Biology of Basophils

16. Biology of Eosinophils

17. Biology of Neutrophils

18. Biology of Monocytes and Macrophages

19. Airway Epithelial Cells

20. Airway Smooth Muscle

21. Pathophysiology of Allergic Inflammation

22. Genetics and Epigenetics in Allergic Diseases and Asthma

23. Systems Biology

24. Immunobiology of IgE and Its Receptors

25. Neuronal Control of Airway Function in Allergy

SECTION B Aerobiology and Allergens

26. The Structure and Function of Allergens

27. Aerobiology of Outdoor Allergens

28. Indoor Allergens

29. Preparation and Standardization of Allergen Extracts

30. Air Pollution: Indoor and Outdoor

31. Effect of the Food Matrix and Processing on the Allergenic Activity of Foods

SECTION C The Skin

32. Structure of the Skin and Cutaneous Immunology

33. Atopic Dermatitis

34. Contact Dermatitis

35. Urticaria and Angioedema

36. Hereditary Angioedema and Bradykinin-Mediated Angioedema

37. Immune Complex Mediated Diseases

SECTION D The Eye

38. Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Eye

SECTION E Respiratory Tract

39. The Nose and Control of Nasal Airflow

40. Allergic and Nonallergic Rhinitis

41. Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps

42. Development, Structure Lung and in Asthma

43. Respiratory Tract Mucosal Immunology

44. Airway Mucus and the Mucociliary System

45. Epidemiology of Asthma and Allergic Diseases

46. Ontogeny of Immune Development and Its Relationship to Allergic Diseases and Asthma

47. Asthma Pathogenesis

48. Animal Models of Allergic Disease

49. Diagnosis of Asthma in Infants and Children

50. Management of Asthma in Infants and Children

51. Diagnosis of Asthma in Adults

52. Management of Asthma in Adolescents and Adults

53. Emergency Treatment and Approach to the Patient with Acute Asthma

54. Approach to the Patient with Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction

55. Asthma and Allergic Diseases during Pregnancy

56. Occupational Allergy and Asthma

57. Pathology of Asthma

58. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma

59. Immunologic Nonasthmatic Diseases of the Lung

60. Approach to the Patient with Chronic Cough

61. Bronchial and Nasal Challenge Testing

62. Lung Imaging

63. Aerosols and Aerosol Drug Delivery Systems

VOLUME 2
SECTION F Gastrointestinal Tract


64. Gastrointestinal Mucosal Immunology

65. Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathies Disorders

SECTION G Systemic Disease

66. Clinical Significance of Immunoglobulin E

67. In Vivo Methods for the Study and Diagnosis of Allergy

68. Approach to the Patient with Recurrent Infections

69. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

70. Treatment of Primary Immunodeficiencies

71. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Allergic Disease

72. Laboratory Tests for Allergic and Immunodeficiency Diseases

73. Eosinophilia and Eosinophil-Related Disorders

74. Mastocytosis

75. Anaphylaxis

76. Insect Allergy

77. Drug Allergy

78. Hypersensitivity to Aspirin and Other Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs

79. Reactions to Foods

80. Reactions to Additives in Foods in Drugs

81. Oral Food Challenge Testing

82. Food Allergy Management

83. Adverse Reactions to Vaccines

SECTION H Therapeutics

84. Allergen Control for Prevention and Management of Allergic Diseases

85. Injection Immunotherapy for Inhalant Allergens

86. Sublingual Immunotherapy for Inhalant Allergens

87. Principles of Pharmacotherapeutics

88 Precision Medicine in Allergic Disorders

89. Adherence

90. Anti-Immunoglobulin E Therapy

91. Cytokine-Specific Therapy in Asthma

92. Histamine and Antihistamines

93. Inhaled ß2-Agonists

94. Theophylline and Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors

95. Anticholinergic Therapies

96. Glucocorticosteroids

97. Antileukotriene Therapy in Asthma

98. Unconventional Theories and Unproven Methods in Allergy

99. Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Review quotes

Doody's Core Titles® 2020 Essential Purchase

"Since its inception, this two-volume book has served as a comprehensive resource for allergists, specifically fellows-in-training.The present edition continues the reputation of the original, enjoying contributions from over 200 experts in the field." --Massoud Mahmoudi, DO, PhD (University of California San Francisco) Doodys Review Service

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 2, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

AB

A. Wesley Burks

Affiliations and expertise
Dean, UNC School of Medicine; CEO of UNC Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

RO

Robyn E. O'Hehir

Affiliations and expertise
Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Respiratory Medicine, Australia

DB

David H. Broide

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, University of California San, USA

SH

Stephen T Holgate

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology Medical Faculty in Clinical and Experimental Sciences

LB

Leonard B. Bacharier

Affiliations and expertise
Vanderbilt University, Doctors' Office Tower, USA

GK

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA

RP

R. Stokes Peebles

R. Stokes Peebles is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA