Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface and Introduction
Chapter 1 – Prevalence and Epidemiology of Urticaria (pp. 1-14)
David Heyworth-Smith (The Greenslopes Private Hospital, and QML Pathology, Murarrie, Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 2 – Acute Urticaria (pp. 15-34)
Suran Fernando and Annika Smith (Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Royal North Shore Hospital, and Sydney Medical School-Northern, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 3 – Contact Urticaria (pp. 35-50)
Kathryn Ruda Wessell, Erin C. Toller-Artis, Haig Tcheurekdjian and Robert Hostoffer (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, and Allergy/Immunology Associates, South Euclid, and University Hospitals Regional Hospitals Richmond Heights, Ohio, United States of America)
Chapter 4 – Cholinergic Urticaria (pp. 51-58)
Satoshi Nakamizo, Gyohei Egawa and Kenji Kabashima (Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan)
Chapter 5 – Urticaria Factitia and Dermographism (pp. 59-66)
Anca Chiriac, Elena Ardelean and Caius Solovan (Dermato-Physiology Department, Apollonia University, Iasi, Romania and others)
Chapter 6 – Delayed Pressure Urticaria (pp. 67-76)
Gino Antonio Vena and Nicoletta Cassano (Dermatology and Venereology Private Practice, Bari and Barletta, and University of Bari, Italy)
Chapter 7 – Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis (pp. 77-86)
Jennifer Chen and Jason Lee (Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada)
Chapter 8 – Cold Contact Urticaria (pp. 87-104)
Suran Fernando (Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Royal North Shore Hospital, and Sydney Medical School-Northern, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 9 – Solar Urticaria (pp. 105-118)
Aurélie Du-Thanh and Jean-Louis Peyron (Department of Dermatology, Hospital Saint-Eloi, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France)
Chapter 10 – Aquagenic Urticaria (pp. 119-126)
Alan Baptist, Timothy Franxman and Laura Howe (Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America)
Chapter 11 – Vibratory Angioedema (pp. 127-130)
Cataldo Patruno and Maddalena Napolitano (Department of Dermatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy)
Chapter 12 – Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (pp. 131-138)
Jamma Li and Suran L. Fernando (Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Royal North Shore Hospital and Sydney Medical School-Northern, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 13 – Basophil Activation Tests in Chronic Autoimmune Urticaria (pp. 139-150)
Edit Gyimesi and Andrea Szegedi (Division of Clinical Immunology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary)
Chapter 14 – Urticarial Vasculitis (pp. 151-162)
Andrew J. Broadfoot (Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 15 – Urticaria in Children (pp. 163-174)
Brynn Wainstein and Katie Frith (Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children’s Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 16 – First Line Therapies in the Management of Chronic Urticaria (pp. 175-184)
Kathryn Patchett (Immunology, Pathology North Hunter, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia)
Chapter 17 – Immunosuppressive Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (pp. 185-208)
Gary A. Unglik and Priscilla Auyeung (Immunology and Allergy Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, and Molecular Medicine Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia)
Chapter 18 – The Use of Omalizumab in Chronic Urticaria (pp. 209-220)
Jamma Li and Suran L. Fernando (Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Royal North Shore Hospital, and Sydney Medical School-Northern, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia)
Index
