1. What is urticaria? Anatomical, physiological, and histological considerations and classification / R.A. Sabroe and Malcolm W. Greaves -- 2. Mast cells and basophils / Wei Zhao and Lawrence B. Schwartz -- 3. Mechanisms of Bradykinin Formation / Allen P. Kaplan -- 4. The complement system : mechanisms of activation, regulation, and role in innate and adaptive immunity / Berhane Ghebrehiwet -- 5. The IgE-mediated cutaneous late-phase reaction / Nancy Samolitis, Kristin M. Leiferman, and Gerald J. Gleich -- 6. Acute urticaria / T. Zuberbier -- 7. Contact urticaria / Esther Kim and Howard Maibach -- 8. Physical and cholinergic urticarias / Anne Kobza Black -- 9. Urticaria and angioedema in infancy and early childhood / Michael C. Zacharisen -- 10. Papular urticaria / Larry Millikan -- 11 . Diagnosis of difficult urticaria and angioedema / Allen P. Kaplan and Malcolm W. Greaves -- 12. Hereditary disorders with urticaria or angioedema / Hal M. Hoffman and Alan A. Wanderer -- 13. C1 inhibitor deficiency / AIlen P. Kaplan -- 14. Chronic urticaria : autoimmune chronic urticaria and idiopathic chronic urticaria / Malcolm W. Greaves and Allen P. Kaplan -- 15. Chronic urticaria : general principles and management / Clive Grattan -- 16. Urticaria : principles of antihistamine treatment / F. Estelle R. Simons -- 17. Treatment of chronic urticaria : agents other than antihistaminics / Allen P. Kaplan -- 18. Urticarial vasculitislvenulitis / Nicholas A. Soter -- 19. Angioedema : some "new" thoughts regarding idiopathic angioedema / Vincent S. Beltrani -- 20. Systemic disorders with urticaria and/or angioedema / Malcolm W. Greaves and Allen P. Kaplan -- 21. Idiopathic anaphylaxis, systemic mastocytosis, and the hypereosinophilic syndrome / Allen P. Kaplan and Malcolm W. Greaves.
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Exploring current treatment options for skin conditions affecting more than 20% of the population, this reference examines every type of urticaria and angioedema, reviews the mechanisms common to all types of these disorders, and discusses the uses and limitations of existing and emerging treatment regimens for urticaria and angioedema, including alternative therapeutic approaches.