Proceedings of the ... symposium of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum

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Research from a November 2002 symposium summarizes the state of the art across a spectrum of experimental and clinical research in the field of allergy. Each selection begins with a summary of results and contains an introduction, information on material and methods, discussion of results, and conclusions. Material is organized in sections on genes and the environment, allergens, T-cells and dendritic cells, eosinophils and neutrophils, asthma, food allergy and anaphylaxis, allergic skin diseases, diagnostics, and immunotherapy. Some specific topics include neuroimmune dysbalance in bronchial asthma, therapy of latex allergy with recombinant scFv antibody fragments, and spontaneous development of human mast cell lines. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)