Table of contents

Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases 

Preface to the 2006 Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic DiseasesS429

William T. Shearer, MD, PhD, and Donald Y. M. Leung, MD, PhD, Houston, Tex, and Denver, Colo

Chapter 1: Overview of the human immune responseS430

David D. Chaplin, MD, PhD, Birmingham, Ala

Chapter 2: Update on primary immunodeficiency diseasesS435

Francisco A. Bonilla, MD, PhD, and Raif S. Geha, MD, Boston, Mass

Chapter 3: Cytokines and chemokinesS441

John W. Steinke, PhD, and Larry Borish, MD, Charlottesville, Va

Chapter 4: Autoimmunity, vasculitis, and autoantibodiesS445

Susan J. Lee, MD, and Arthur Kavanaugh, MD, San Diego, Calif

Chapter 5: IgE, mast cells, basophils, and eosinophilsS450

Calman Prussin, MD, and Dean D. Metcalfe, MD, Bethesda, Md

Chapter 6: Asthma: Factors underlying inception, exacerbation, and disease progressionS456

Robert F. Lemanske, Jr, MD, and William W. Busse, MD, Madison, Wis

Chapter 7: Control of allergic airway inflammation through immunomodulationS461

David B. Corry, MD, and Farrah Kheradmand, MD, Houston, Tex

Chapter 8: Drug allergyS464

Paul A. Greenberger, MD, Chicago, Ill

Chapter 9: Food allergyS470

Scott H. Sicherer, MD, and Hugh A. Sampson, MD, New York, NY

Chapter 10: Atopic dermatitisS475

Mark Boguniewicz, MD, and Donald Y. M. Leung, MD, PhD, Denver, Colo

Continuing Medical Education examinationsS481

Author indexS491

Subject indexS492

CME activities information5A