Histamine and H1-antihistamines in allergic disease
By: edited by F. Estelle R. Simons.
Contributors: Simons, F. E. R.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Series: Clinical allergy and immunology -- 17.
Publisher: Marcel Dekker; Brand: CRC Press; CRC Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Antihistamines.; Allergy -- Chemotherapy.; Histamine -- Receptors.; Histamine H1 Antagonists -- pharmacology.; Histamine -- physiology.; Histamine H1 Antagonists -- therapeutic use.; Hypersensitivity -- drug therapy.; Receptors, Histamine -- physiology.
Other titles: Histamine and H1-receptor antagonists in allergic disease.
Notes: Rev. ed. of:  Histamine and H1-receptor antagonists in allergic disease. c1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Histamine in health and disease; title: Ch. 2. Histamine receptors: specific ligands, receptor biochemistry, and signal transduction; title: Ch. 3. Structure and classification of H₁-Antihistamines and overview of their activities; title: Ch. 4. Antiallergic anti-inflammatory effects of H₁-Antihistamines in humans; title: Ch. 5. Clinical pharmacology of H₁-Antihistamines; title: Ch. 6. Antihistamines in rhinoconjunctivitis; title: Ch. 7. H₁-Antihistamines in asthma; title: Ch. 8. Antihistamines in Urticaria and angioedema; title: Ch. 9. Histamine and antihistamines in anaphylaxis; title: Ch. 10. Cost-effectiveness of H₁-Antihistamines; title: Ch. 11. H₁-Antihistamines and the central nervous system; title: Ch. 12. Potential cardiac toxicity of H₁-Antihistamines; title: Ch. 13. H₁-Antihistamines in pregnancy and lactation; title: Ch. 14. H₁-Antihistamines in children; title: Ch. 15. H₁-Antihistamines in the elderly.