Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Airway Disease

Herausgeber: Chung, Kian Fan; Barnes, Peter J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Current and emerging airway disease treatments are thoroughly discussed in Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Airway Disease. Emphasizing state-of-the-art pharmacological and therapeutic approaches, Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Airway Disease reviews normal and abnormal physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of the respiratory tract.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 829g
• ISBN-13: 9781420070002
• ISBN-10: 1420070002
• Artikelnr.: 23097240

Autorenporträt

Kian Fan Chung, Peter J. Barnes

Inhaltsangabe

Preface/Introduction. Part 1: Principles and practice. Principles of
pharmacology and therapeutics. Clinical trials in airways disease.
Assessment of responses of the airways to therapeutic agents.
Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics of airways disease. Delivery of drugs
to the airways and lungs. Part 2: Drugs in respiratory diseases.
Corticosteroids in airways disease. Bronchodilator therapy in airways
disease. Anti-mediator therapy. Cytokines and anti-cytokines. Anti-allergic
approaches in airways disease. New anti-inflammatory approaches to therapy
of airways disease. Part 3: Therapeutics and treatment approaches. Airway
wall remodelling as a concept for airways disease therapeutics.
Exacerbations of airways disease. Pharmacology and therapeutics of COPD.
Pharmacology and therapeutics of asthma. Pharmacology and therapeutics of
cough.