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IDIOPATHIC ANAPHYLAXIS

Edited by: Roy Patterson, M.D.

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"It is a surprising fact of clinical medicine that new entities arise to challenge us as physicians, educators and investigators. In the last quarter of this century this has been most characteristic of the infectious diseases. The field of allergy-immunology has seen the emergence of anaphylaxis of unknown etiology, idiopathic anaphylaxis, over the last twenty years. The first response was to look for an unrecognized external agent: foods, food additives or preservatives such as sulfites. The clinical research team at Northwestern University Medical School has been the leader in establishing that in these patients there is no external cause... They have explored every aspect of this disease in over thirty publications covering a 15 year period of investigation. In this book, the team headed by Dr. Roy Patterson has brought together an impressive review related to their extensive experience caring for patients with this challenging entity. They capture for the reader the historical background of the emergence of idiopathic anaphylaxis and explore the classification, differential diagnosis, therapeutic management, prognosis and the complex area of somatiform disease presenting as idiopathic anaphylaxis. They present their latest thoughts on the possible mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of this illness and review management challenges that now extend to the pediatric population..."

·  C. Raymond Zeiss, M.D., Northwestern University Medical School

IDIOPATHIC ANAPHYLAXIS
Edited by: Roy Patterson, M.D.

116 pages, Hardcover

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