Textbook of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Allergy

The uniqueness of this textbook lies in the fact that, it is the FIRST book in the field of allergy addressing in detail the various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The rationale behind presenting this book is to appraise the reader regarding the underlying principles of such procedures and to identify the limitations as well as usefulness in clinical practice. The chapters do include both traditional and modern methodologies representing the global nature of the specialty. Authors have been drawn across the globe to represent the variety of such procedures used in clinical medicine. This textbook will be appealing to medical students, physicians-in-training as well as consultants.

Principles of Diagnostic Tests

Vijaya Knight and Mandakolathur R. Murali

Routine Laboratory Tests 

Vijaya Knight and Mandakolathur R. Murali

Diagnosis of Allergy and Asthma 

Kwiat C., Nelson H. and Hoyte F.

Diagnosis of Allergies and Asthma

Sundeep Salvi, Deesha Ghorpade and Monica Barne

Sinus Imaging for Patients with Allergy and Asthma

Mary Beth Cunnane

Endoscopic Examination of the Upper Airway

Jerald W. Koepke and William K. Dolen

Bronchial Thermoplasty

Nishil Dalsania, Sandeep Jewani and Ali Musani

Food Challenges

Soh Jian Yi and Hugo Van Bever

Oral Immunotherapy

Soh Jian Yi

Part I-Food Allergy: Specific IgE

Hugo Van Bever

Part ll-Component-Resolved Diagnostics (CRD)

Hugo Van Bever

Eosinophilic Oesophagitis

Marion M. Aw

Acute and Chronic Urticaria/Angioedema

Vinay Mehta

Allergic Contact Dermatitis and Atopic Dermatitis

Luz Fonacier, Hope Jin, Jake Rosenblum and Sonam Sani

Drug Allergy

Saad Alshareef, William Bermingham, Rashmeet Bhogal, Mohamed Omar and Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna

Laboratory Analysis of Primary Immunodeficiency

Vijaya Knight and Mandakolathur R. Murali

Allergy Immunotherapy for Inhalant Allergens

Harold S. Nelson

Targeted and Biologic Therapeutics for Allergic and Immunologic Diseases

Bindon, Brittany, Zahid, Soombal, Chapman, Nicholas and Wang, Eileen

Environmental Control in Allergic Diseases

Sitesh Roy and Thomas Platts-Mills

Insect Allergy: Diagnostic Procedures and Venom Immunotherapy

Karla E. Adams and David B.K. Golden

Role of Yoga and Ayurveda in the Management of Allergic Disorders

Kashinath G. Metri and Pudupakkam K. Vedanthan

Role of Acupuncture in Allergic Disorders

Parin Niranjan Parmar and Pudupakkam K. Vedanthan

Controversial Techniques in the Practice of Allergy

Hugo Van Bever and Pudupakkam K. Vedanthan

Aerobiology for Clinicians

Saibal Moitra and  Kavitha B.