Asthma :Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management ( 3 )

Publication subTitle :Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management

Publication series :3

Author: Barnes   Peter J.;Rodger   Ian W.;Thomson   Neil C.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 1998

E-ISBN: 9780080525525

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780120790272

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780120790272

Subject: R562.2 bronchial disease

Language: ENG

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Description

Now available in its Third Edition, Asthma: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management has become the reference text in asthma. This highly successful text sheds new light on the basic physiological and molecular mechanisms of asthma, how current treatments work, and how best to apply the latest knowledge to control this important disease. The Third Edition has undergone radical revision and includes several new chapters. It retains the virtues of the previous volumes by bringing together all of the recent research findings by internationally recognized experts on the causative mechanisms of asthma, including in-depth clinical aspects and therapy. The book presents an integrated approach toward the treatment of this disease with new concepts, changes in asthma management, and the development of new therapeutic agents. Asthma provides extensive references for researchers and clinicians who need to keep abreast of recent developments in this rapidly expanding field.

  • Comprehensive coverage of both basic science and clinical aspects of asthma
  • Extensively referenced throughout

Chapter

Cover

pp.:  1 – 14

Preface

pp.:  6 – 8

Foreword to the second edition

pp.:  8 – 10

Contributors

pp.:  10 – 28

Contents

pp.:  14 – 6

Chapter 1. Epidemiology

pp.:  28 – 62

Chapter 2. Genetics

pp.:  62 – 74

Chapter 3. Airway Pathology in Asthma

pp.:  74 – 92

Chapter 4. Physiology

pp.:  92 – 116

Chapter 5. Airway Smooth Muscle Cells: Structure and Function

pp.:  116 – 140

Chapter 6. Mast Cells and Basophils

pp.:  140 – 154

Chapter 7. Monocytes, Macrophages and Dendritic Cells

pp.:  154 – 168

Chapter 8. Eosinophils

pp.:  168 – 186

Chapter 9. Lymphocytes

pp.:  186 – 214

Chapter 10. Epithelial Cells

pp.:  214 – 232

Chapter 11. Pathophysiology of Airway Mucus Secretion in Asthma

pp.:  232 – 256

Chapter 12. Tracheobronchial Circulation

pp.:  256 – 266

Chapter 13. Adhesion Molecules

pp.:  266 – 280

Chapter 14. Microvascular-Epithelial Exudation of Plasma

pp.:  280 – 296

Chapter 15. Prostaglandins and Thromboxane

pp.:  296 – 308

Chapter 16. Cysteinyl Leukotrienes

pp.:  308 – 324

Chapter 17. Kinins

pp.:  324 – 336

Chapter 18. Chemokines

pp.:  336 – 360

Color Plate Section

pp.:  354 – 974

Chapter 19. Lymphokines

pp.:  360 – 374

Chapter 20. Other Mediators of Asthma

pp.:  374 – 400

Chapter 21. Nitric Oxide

pp.:  400 – 420

Chapter 22. Neural Control of Airway Function in Asthma

pp.:  420 – 440

Chapter 23. Humoral Control of Airway Tone

pp.:  440 – 454

Chapter 24. NANC Nerves and Neuropeptides

pp.:  454 – 490

Chapter 25. Transcription Factors

pp.:  490 – 506

Chapter 26. Airway Remodelling

pp.:  506 – 518

Chapter 27. Pathophysiology of Asthma

pp.:  518 – 538

Chapter 28. Allergens

pp.:  538 – 560

Chapter 29. Occupational Asthma

pp.:  560 – 578

Chapter 30. Infections

pp.:  578 – 600

Chapter 31. Asthma Provoked by Exercise, Hyperventilation and the Inhalation of Non-isotonic Aerosols

pp.:  600 – 620

Chapter 32. Atmospheric Pollutants

pp.:  620 – 628

Chapter 33. Drug-induced Asthma

pp.:  628 – 638

Chapter 34. Aspirin-induced Asthma

pp.:  638 – 648

Chapter 35. Allergen Avoidance

pp.:  648 – 682

Chapter 36. B-Adrenoceptor Agonists

pp.:  682 – 708

Chapter 37. Anticholinergic Bronchodilators

pp.:  708 – 720

Chapter 38. Theophylline

pp.:  720 – 738

Chapter 39. Cromones

pp.:  738 – 756

Chapter 40. Glucocorticosteroids

pp.:  756 – 798

Chapter 41. Mediator Antagonists

pp.:  798 – 814

Chapter 42. Immunomodulators

pp.:  814 – 826

Chapter 43. Future Therapies for Asthma

pp.:  826 – 852

Chapter 44. Management of Severe Asthma

pp.:  852 – 866

Chapter 45. Management of Asthma in Adults

pp.:  866 – 890

Chapter 46. Asthma in Children

pp.:  890 – 934

Chapter 47. Pharmacoeconomics of Asthma Treatments

pp.:  934 – 948

Chapter 48. Education and Self-management

pp.:  948 – 958

Index

pp.:  958 – 354

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