Asthma and Rhinitis
- List Price: $750.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: 2
- Publisher: Blackwell Pub
- Publish date: 10/01/2000
Description:
The new second edition of this text is a comprehensive source of information on asthma and rhinitis that covers epidemiology, mechanisms of disease and treatment. This edition has been completely revised into two volumes with six new sections, 44 new chapters and increased coverage of the clinical aspects of asthma.
-- ...this book skillfully presents a comprehensive review of the revolution in asthma research. The inquisitive reader...will be richly rewarded. New England Journal of Medicine
-- The contributing authors are experts in their respective areas and international in location. The global approach given to this book mirrors the universal approach to the understanding of allergic diseases.
-- New sections on childhood asthma and on drug treatment (in which each drug class has its own chapter).
-- The explosion of research into the genetic basis of asthma has necessitated a whole new section on genetics comprising five chapters.
-- 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.
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-- ...this book skillfully presents a comprehensive review of the revolution in asthma research. The inquisitive reader...will be richly rewarded. New England Journal of Medicine
-- The contributing authors are experts in their respective areas and international in location. The global approach given to this book mirrors the universal approach to the understanding of allergic diseases.
-- New sections on childhood asthma and on drug treatment (in which each drug class has its own chapter).
-- The explosion of research into the genetic basis of asthma has necessitated a whole new section on genetics comprising five chapters.
-- 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.
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