Publisher's Synopsis
This new edition is updated and expanded to include the latest treatment methods in allergy, immunology and rheumatology, with up-to-date coverage of therapy of common disorders and new therapeutic approaches. New contributors present their expertise on how treatment can be modified at different stages of disease as well as how complications can be anticipated, prevented and treated. Therapeutic approaches to asthma, renal disease, connective tissue disease, heart and lung disease, immunodeficiency, and skin disease are also reviewed.;The book features new chapters on AIDS; the treatment of HIV infection, of opportunistic infection and potential therapies for immunologic reconstruction; the treatment of neoplastic complications; cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of asthma and the use of non-sedative antihistamines; immunotherapy of type 1 diabetes; multiple sclerosis therapy; and new vaccines for immunologic diseases.
