- What is Urticaria? Anatomical, Physiological, and Histological Considerations and Classification
- Epidemiology of Urticaria and Angioedema
- Mast Cells
- Basophils
- Mechanisms of Bradykinin Formation
- The Complement System:á Mechanisms of Activation, Regulation, and Role in Innate and Adoptive Immunity
- The IgE-Mediated Cutaneous Late-Phase Reaction
- Diagnosis Techniques for Urticaria and Angioedema
- Acute Urticaria
- Contact Urticaria
- Physical Urticarias
- Urticaria and Angioedema in Infancy and Early Childhood
- Papular Urticaria
- Diagnosis of Difficult Urticaria and Angioedema
- Hereditary Disorders with Urticaria or Angioedema
- C1 Inhibitor Deficiency
- Chronic Urticaria:á Autoimmune Chronic Urticaria and Idiopathic Chronic Urticaria
- Chronic Urticaria:á General Principles and Management
- Urticaria:Principles of Antihistamine Treatment
- Treatment of Chronic Urticaria:Agents other than antihistaminics
- Urticarial Vasculitis/Venulitis
- Non-Hereditary Angioedema
- Systemic Disorders with Urticaria and/or Angioedema
- Idiopathic Anaphylaxis
- Systemic Mastocytosis
- Dean Metcalfe
- The Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
- Allen Kaplan
Professor in the Division of Pulmonary,Critical Care and Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina,USA. Dr. Kaplan received his M.D. from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Association of Immunologists, The American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He served as President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology from 1989-1990 and President of the World Allergy Organization from 2000-2003. He is a Past Editor of Allergy and Clinical Immunology International and has contributed to numerous publications on the role of the plasma bradykinin cascade in coagulation, fibrinolysis, and inflammation and the pathogenesis and treatment of allergic diseases. He was Head of the Allergic Diseases programs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and SUNY-Stony Brook, and was Chairman of the Medicine Department at SUNY-Stony Brook (1987-1995). Dr. Kaplan is also the coeditor of the first edition of Informa Healthcare’s Urticaria and Angioedema. - Malcolm W. Greaves
Emeritus Professor of dermatology and consultant specialist in dermatology and allergy at St. Johns Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s, King’s College and St. Thomas’ Hospitals London. Professor Greaves received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of London and is a former President of the European Society for Dermatological Research. He received the European Academy of Dermatology Scientific Achievement Award in 2005, and the World Allergy Organisation Scientific Achievement Award in 2007. He is an Honorary member of over 30 academic societies, including The American Academy of Dermatology, The Society of Investigative Dermatology, The American Dermatological Association and the British Association of Dermatologists. He is also an elected fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore and Clinical Professor of the National University of Singapore and the National Skin Centre Singapore and formerly Professor of Dermatology at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is author of numerous publications on urticaria, angioedema, molecular basis of cutaneous inflammation, pathophysiology of pruritus and skin disease in the tropics. Professor Greaves previously served on the Medical Research Council of the UK and the Committee for Safety of Medicines UK.
