Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice

With complete concise coverage of prevention indications diagnosis and treatment Pediatric Allergy 4th Edition is your go-to resource for current clinically-focused content in the rapidly changing field of allergies and immune-mediated diseases in children. This highly regarded reference fully covers immunology and origins of allergy growth and development pregnancy infancy and early middle and late childhood—all with a new practical clinical focus. You’ll find authoritative coverage of the full range of allergies in pediatric patients from asthma and other common conditions to rare or uncommon allergies providing a one-stop resource for clinicians across specialties who care for children.

Key Features

• Focuses on the clinical application of science to the bedside, including clinical pearls discussing best practice approaches and guidelines. 
• Integrates the latest research on the origins of allergy in early life, including pregnancy, the neonate, and infants.
• Includes new, evidence-based management guidelines for various diseases, including food allergy, atopic dermatitis, asthma and immunodeficiency.
• Provides new content on the prevention of allergies; asthma, eczema, and food allergies in young children; and extensive current guidelines and new therapies.
• Offers up-to-date information on key areas such as food challenges, skin testing, IgE diagnostic labs, immunotherapy, clinical immunology diagnostic testing, molecular diagnostics, and lung function testing.
• Highlights current guidance from a new team of leading experts with 150 anatomic schematics, clinical photos, and algorithms—many new to this edition.
• Covers gene therapy, stem-cell therapy, and a host of immunodeficiency diseases found in children with allergies.
• Discusses targeted biologics for severe allergic diseases, defects of innate immunity, rheumatic diseases of childhood, and inflammatory disorders.
• 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.

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