UCCH Resident Rotation

Goals & Objectives, schedule, contact info & more.

TOP ARTICLES / RECOMMENDED READING:

1. Non-allergic rhinitis: diagnosis and management.
2. Diagnosis of immunodeficiency: clinical clues and diagnostic tests.
   Source: Paul, Paul; Curr Allergy Asthma Rep, 2002, vol. 2, issue 5, p 349, ISSN 1529-7322 [ARTICLE ON REQUEST]
3. Primary immunodeficiency diseases.**
4. Primary cellular immunodeficiencies. (choose via ScienceDirect)
5. Understanding Asthma Pathophysiology
   Source: Fireman P. Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, Volume 24, Number 2, 1 March 2003, pp. 79-83(5) [ARTICLE ON REQUEST]
6. Skin Manifestations of Food Allergy

7. Asthma in adolescence. (choose via ScienceDirect)

8. New Treatments for Asthma.

9. Advances in allergy management.
10. Allergic and immunologic diseases of the skin. (choose via ScienceDirect)
11. Essential Pediatric Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (Paperback)

* Denotes hard copies available in residency and/or section offices.

** For references available through MDConsult, visit this page first and click on Open Generic Account box. Then, in a separate browser window, click on one of the above linked references. To make this one step easier, you can also obtain a personal login through the John Crerar Library.

RESOURCES:

Synopsis Book: Best Articles Relevant to Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

The Section on Allergy and Immunology was one of the first sections formed (1948) within the American Academy of Pediatrics. It now has approximately 600 members whose objective is to improve the care of children with asthma, allergies, and immunologic disorders.
The reviews contained in the 2004 synopsis were written by Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy and Immunology, guest reviewers, and fellows in allergy and immunology training programs who contributed reviews with their mentors.

National Primary Immunodeficiency Resource Center

The Jeffrey Modell Foundation and the National Primary Immunodeficiency ResourceCenter (NPI) is the central resource
and clearing house on Primary Immunodeficiency (PI), serving researchers, scientists, physicians, government, industry, patients and their families.

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