Asthma and Rhinitis, 2nd Edition, 2 Volume Set

by Editor: William W. Busse (University of Wisconsin-Madison Med School, Department of Medicine, Madison, USA); Editor: Stephen T. Holgate; Foreword by: Charles E. Reed

• ISBN13: 9780470694817
• ISBN10: 0470694815
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The second edition of this highly acclaimed text has been extensively revised and greatly expanded to reflect the considerable advances made in our understanding of the mechanisms of asthma and rhinitis.Containing the contributions of 242 experts of international standing, presented in 133 chapters, Asthma and Rhinitis provides an up-to-date, authoritative reference for both the clinician and scientist. The global approach given in this book mirrors the universal approach to the understanding of allergic disease.The editors have carried out a thorough and radical revision of the content by adding 6 new sections and 44 new chapters. Most of this expansion is due to greatly increased coverage of the clinical aspects of asthma, with new sections on childhood asthma and on drug treatment (each drug class has its own chapter). Also, the expansion of research into the genetic basis of asthma has necessitated a whole new section on Genetics, comprising some six chapters. There are also new chapters on adult-onset asthma and the relationship of asthma to sinusitis. A new section on Asthma in Special Circumstances includes chapters on asthma in pregnancy, asthma and surgery, asthma in the elderly and asthma in the context of critical care. In bringing the Second Edition fully up to date, the book has inevitably increased in size, and is now presented in two volumes.The second edition of Asthma and Rhinitis will continue the tradition of its predecessor of providing an up-to-the-minute reference for all those involved in the management of, and research into, asthma and rhinitis.

Table of Contents

Contributors. Foreword. Preface to Second Edition. Preface to First Edition.. Volume 1. Part 1: Disease Classification. 1. Asthma: clinical descriptions and definitions (John B.L. Howell). 2. Rhinitis: the spectrum of the disease (Paul B. Van Cauwenberge, De-Yun Wang, Koen J.A.O. Ingels and Claus Bachert). Part 2: Epidemiology. 3. Epidemiology of asthma (Deborah Jarvis and Peter Burney). 4. Epidemiology of rhinitis (David P. Strachan). 5. Epidemiology of occupational asthma (Moira Chan-Yeung and Jean-Luc Malo). 6. Epidemiology of asthma mortality (Neil Pearce, Richard Beasley,Julian Crane and Carl Burgess). Part 3: Genetics. 7. Genetic Approaches to studying asthma (Jane Wilkinson). 8. Antigen and transgenic modelling of asthma and airways hyperreactivity (Gregory P. Geba and Jack A. Elias). 9. The ust of small animal modesl in the study of asthma (Ivan M. Richards adn Jia En Chin). 10. Genetic of atopy (Jane Wilkinson and W. Nartin Howell). 11. Genetics of asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (Deborah A. Neyers, Dirkje S. Postma and Eugene R. Bleecker). 12. Genetic and molecular regulation of ß2-adrenergic receptors (Stephen B. Liggett). Part 4: Anatomy, Development and Physiology. 13. Nasal Airways (Roanld Eccles). 14. Structural, Immunological and neural elements of the normal human airway wall (Peter K. Jeffrey). Part 5: Pathology. 15. The pathology of fatal asthma (Linda J. Holloway, Richard Beasley, William R. Roche and Alan L. James). 16. The pathology of asthma of varying severity (William R. Roche). 17. Bronchoalveolar lavage in studies of asthma (William J. Calhoun and Mark C. Liu). 18. Nasal polyposis: a model of chronic airways inflammation (Manel Jordana, Koichi Nakano, Atsuko Nakano, Judah Denburg and Claudio Mastruzzo). 19. Allergic and non-allergic rhinitis (Morgan Andersson, Lennart Greiff, Christer Svensson and Carl G.A. Persson). Part 6: Mast Cells and Basophils. 20. Development and maturation of mast cells and basophils (Menachem Rottem and Dean D. Metcalfe). 21. Mast cells and basophils: IgE and its receptors (Daniel H. Conrad and Thomas F. Huff). 22. Human mast cells and basophils: heterogeneity and mediators (Carole A. Oskeritzian and Lawrence B. Schwartz). 23. Mechanisms of mast cell activation (Edward S. Schulman, Rihab R. Yasin and Stephen P. Peters). 24. Mast cells in rhinitis (Minoru Okuda). 25. Mast cells in asthma (Peter Bradding). 26. Basophils in airways disease (Donald W. Macglashan JR). Part 7: Eosinophils. 27. Human eosinophils-development, maturation and functional morphology (Peter F. Weiller and Ann M. Dvorak). 28. Mechanism of eosinophil activation (Julie B. Sedgwick and Makoto Nagata). 29. Eosinophil mediators (Kimm J. Hamann, Ivor Douglas and Redwan Moqbel). 30. The eosinophil and asthma (Gerald J. Gleich, Cheryl R. Adolphson and Hirohito Kita). 31. Eosinophils and rhinitis (Peter H. Hwarth and Susan J. Wilson). Part 8: Neutrophils and Platelets. 32. Neutrophils and their mediators in asthma (Peter M. Henson and Sally E. Wenzel). 33. Neutrophils and Asthma (Alerto Papi, Piera Boschetto, Gaetano Caramori adn Leonardo M. Fabbri). 34. Platelets (Clive P. Page). Part 9: Lymphocytes. 35. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue of the lung: localization, numbers and dynamics of lymphoid cells in the five different compartments (Reinhard Pabst). 36. Lymphocyte substances in allergic diseases (Sergio Romagnani and Mario Ricci). 37. Cytokines in allergic airway disease (James G. Zanggrilli adn Stephen P. Peters). 38. Regulation of immunoglobulin E synthesis (Donata Vercelli and Raif S. Geha). 39. The lymphocyte in asthma (Christopher J. Corrigan). 40. The lymphocyte in rhinitis (Stephen R. Durham and Stephen J. Till). 41. Functional heterogeneity of T-lymphocytes in the development of airway hyperresponsiveness (Erwin W. Gel