This volume contains studies presented by speakers at the Annual Meeting of the EAACI in Zurich in 1991. It includes work on: regulation of IgE response; allergy and inflammation; mechanisms of autoimmune diseases; lymphocyte activation mechanisms and the role of adhesion molecules; and more.
This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium 'The Atopy Syndrome in the Third Millennium' held in Zurich in October 1998. It focuses on IgE-mediated allergy, beginning from the first manifestation of atopy, atopic eczema in infancy, and leading to its manifestations in children, adolescents and adults, to hay fever, asthma and food allergy. The topics covered give an update and comprehensive review of the different atopic manifestations concerning clinic, diagnosis, pathomechanisms, treatment and prevention.Summarizing the current knowledge on the field of atopy this publication is essential reading for dermatologists, allergologists, otorhinolaryngologists, and pediatricians.