Subject Index

AAC rule 102

Acaricides 55
acetylcysteine 223
acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) 182, 185
idiosyncrasy 186, 190
actinic reticuloid 171
actinomycete 53
active immunization 227
acute
severe asthma 81
urticaria 90
adhesion molecule 14
adrenergics
a-adrenergics 222
b adrenergics 222
adverse drug reaction 175
additives 191
provocation test 179
adverse food reaction 104
aeroallergen 44, 82, 98
avoidance 243
occupational 57
AIDS 61, 194
air pollutant 37
gaseous 37
indoor 40
particulate 37
airborne contact dermatitis 147
airway resistance 70
allergen 42
airborne 47
avoidance 43, 60
carriers 42
detection 44
exposure 32, 36
extract 44, 230
toxicity 233
natural allergen 45
origins 42
terminology 44
allergenic potency 43
allergen-specific immunotherapy 116, 117, 227, 260
pregnancy 231
side effects 233
allergic
agranulocytosis 18, 128

bronchial asthma 137

bronchopulmonary mycosis 141
conjunctivitis 122
contact dermatitis 6, 19, 145
cytotoxic organopathies 130
cytotoxicity 126
eye disease 122
hemolytic anemia 128
personality traits 248
rhinitis 76, 78
pharmacotherapy 79
prevalence 34
thrombocytopenia 129
thrombocytopenic purpura 127
vasculitis 133, 134
hemorrhagic type 134
necrotic type 135
papulonecrotic type 134
therapy 135
allergology 261
definition 261
role 261
allergotoxicology 36
allergy
classical genetics 30
classification 5
clinical manifestation 2
conditioned reflexes 250
definition 2, 4
diagnosis 259
environmental factors 34
history 60, 61
immediate type 76
passport 179
prevalence 35
prevention 218, 241, 260
psyche 248
tests 61, 62
complications 62
therapy 260
to coins 146
treatment 218
unconventional procedures 239
Ambrosia artemisiifolia 51
amphotericin B 95
ampicillin exanthema 195

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analgesics 181
anaphylactic shock 101, 252
anaphylatoxin 25
anaphylaxis 57, 76, 97
augmentation anaphylaxis 99, 100
classic anaphylaxis 16
elicitors 99
factitia 100
idiopathic 98
summation anaphylaxis 100
Anderson sampler 48
animal epithelia 54, 244
antiallergic
drug 219, 225
pregnancy 225
pharmacotherapy 220
antibiotics 87
antibody-mediated cytotoxicity 125
anticholinergics 87
antigen interaction 8
antihistamine 78, 79, 86, 95, 220, 224
anti-idiotypic antibody 229
aquagenic urticaria 92
aqueous rhinorrhea 77
arachidonic acid 20
Artemisia vulgaris 49
Arthus reaction 63, 183
ascomycin derivative 237
aspergillosis 141
Aspergillus fumigatus 53
asthma 79, 185
acute severe asthma 81
attack 81
bronchial asthma 80
IgE-mediated 82
infect-allergic asthma 83
intrinsic asthma 81, 82
irritative toxic asthma 82
psychogenic asthma 83
schools 87
symptoms 81
asthmatic inflammation 84
atopic
cataract 122
conjunctivitis 122
diathesis 65
disease
eczema 5, 20, 33, 151, 252
diagnosis 154
genetics 157
prurigo 154
Staphylococcus aureus 158
stigmata 152
therapy 159
atopy
candidate genes 31, 32
definition 18
history 1
IgE 17
latent atopy 18

patch test (APT) 61, 157, 158

risk factors 30
augmentation anaphylaxis 99, 100
autacoid 251
autogenic training 253
autoimmune
disease 210
thyreoiditis 210
autonomic nervous system dysregulation 158
B cell 8
maturation 14
B memory cells 10
bacterial toxin 104
basidiospores 53
basophil
degranulation test 67
leukocyte activation test 68
bee venom 119
behavioral therapy 253, 254
beta2 adrenergics 86, 95
beta-lactam antibiotics 181
beta-lactoglobulin 106
Betula verrucosa 44
biofeedback 253
biological activity unit (BAU) 44
biological unit (BU) 44
biotinylation 67
birch pollen grain 43
bird allergen 55
blepharitis 123
blood eosinophilia 130
body plethysmography 70
bovine collagen hypersensitivity 108
brain-derived nerotrophic factor (BDNF) 83
bronchial
asthma 80
avoidance measures 85
classification 81
hyperreactivity 83
provocation test 69
bullous drug eruption 20, 196, 204
Burkard trap 48
butylhydroxyanisol (BHA) 149
bypass activation 25
cadmium 39
cAMP 17
Candida 55
carboxypeptidase B 25
CAST-ELISA 178
cat allergen 54
celery 106
celery-mugwort-spice syndrome 44
cellular
allergen stimulation test (CAST) 68, 190
hypersensitivity 19
test 259
cephalosporin 181
cereal allergy 106

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cGMP 17
Charcot-Leydens crystals 83
chemical pharmacology 260
chemokine 13
cholinergic
hyperreactivitiy 85, 223
urticaria 91
chronic
obstructive bronchitis 85
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 85
urticaria 91
cicatricial pemphigoid 123
classic anaphylaxis 16
climate therapy 86
clonal anergy 12
cluster of differentiation (CD) 11
cold urticaria 91
colonic allergen provocation (COLAP) 72, 109
comedo formation 167
complement system 24
conjunctival provocation test 68
conjunctivitis
cicatricial 123
giant papillary 123
microbial-allergic 123
contact
allergy 169
epidemiology 35
time (CAT) 147
anaphylaxis 92
dermatitis 143, 144
airborne 51
lenses 123
stomatitis 146
urticaria 92
contact-allergic conjunctivitis 123
Coombs test 128
corticosteroid 78
corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) 251
coupling allergy 145
cows milk allergy 106, 110
cradle cap 152
crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis (CRIE) 230
cross-sensitization 44
crusta lactea 151
cumulative toxic hand eczema 146
Curschmanns spirales 83
cutaneous
atrophy 169
drug eruption 202
lymphocyte antigen 145
lymphoma 171
cyclooxygenase (COX) 23, 191
cyclophosphamide 135
cyclosporin 95, 237
cytokine 9
antagonist 238
secretion 12
cytoplasm 49
cytotoxic

antibody 125
reaction
autoimmune type 127
hapten type 127
immune complex 127
cytotoxicity
allergic cytotoxicity 126
antibody-mediated 125
danazol 95
Dariers sign 92
demographic urticaria 91
dendritic cell (DC) 9
depot penicillin 191
dermatitis 143
contact dermatitis 143, 144
diaper dermatitis 144
irritant contact dermatitis 144
perioral rosacea-like dermatitis 168
seborrheic dermatitis 144
therapy 149
dermatopathology 200
Dermatophagoides
farinae 55
pteronyssinus 55
dextran anaphylaxis 6, 19
diaminoxidase (DAO) 26
diaper dermatitis 144
dinitrochlorbenzene 61
disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) 220
double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge
(DBPCFC) 71
doxepin 95, 224
drug
allergy 176, 259
HIV infection 183
hyposensitization 180
risk factors 177
skin test 178
eruption
bullous drug eruption 20, 196, 204
cutaneous drug eruption 202
erythematovesicular drug eruption 194
hemorrhagic drug eruption 194
macular drug eruption 195
maculopapular drug eruption 195
psoriariform drug eruption 204
urticarial drug eruption 194
exanthema 196
drug-induced
erythema nodosum 196
hepatitis 130
nephropathy 130
dry skin 159
dual reaction 63
dyshidrotic hand eczema 145
dyspnea 80, 81, 101
early treatment of the atopic child (ETAC) 243
eco-syndrome 212, 213

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pathophysiology 214
eczema 143
itch 224
eicosanoid 20
elbow eczema 153
endogenous
autoimmune uveitis 124
psychoses 214
endotoxin 211
environmental
noxious agent 214
pollution 36
environmentophobia 37
enzyme deficiency 104, 187
eosinophil
cationic protein (ECP) 25, 66
protein X (EPX) 67
eosinophilia myalgia syndrome (EMS) 130
epidermolyis 202
epinephrine 101, 222
erythema
exsudativum multiforme 123
multiforme 197
erythematovesicular drug eruption 194
etanercept 238
ethylnitrosourea (ENU) mutagenesis project 32
exanthematous drug eruption 193
exercise-induced urticaria 91
exfoliative dermatitis 195, 196
exogenous allergic alveolitis 136, 139
experimental allergology 258
extrinsic allergic alveolitis 209
Fab fragment 15
farmers lung 136, 139
Fc fragment 15
Fcg receptor 131
feather allergy 55
fingertip eczema 145
Finn chambers 147
fish allergy 107
food allergy 105
allergens 105
beta-lactoglobulin 106
celery 106
cereal 106
cows milk 106
cross-reactions 105
diet 109
fish 107
gastrointestinal tract 107
gene technology 105
hens eggs 106
hidden allergen 107
seafood 107
therapy 110
vegetable/fruit 106
foot eczema 146
force exspiratory volume (FEV) 70
Frankfurt theses 241, 242

Freiburg Personality Inventory (FPI) 252

friction test 61
fungal allergic rhinitis 79
fungi taxonomy 53
gametophyte 49
gammaglobulin 188, 229, 233
gastrin 107
gelatine volume substitute 188
gene technology 105
giant papillary conjunctivitis 123
glucocorticoid 101
application 166
glucocorticosteroid 79, 87, 164, 221
side effects 167
glycoprotein 43
graft versus host reaction 124
granuloma 233
anulare 209
granulomatous
hypersensitivity 20
inflammation 259
reaction 6, 207
therapy 209
grass pollen 52
gravimetric collection 48
Greaves test 94
group allergy 145
guanine 68
hay fever 33, 77
health promotion 241
Helicobacter pylori 94
helminths 57
hematologic disease 5
hemorrhagic drug eruption 194
hens eggs allergy 106
heparin 183
heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) 129,
183
hepatitis, drug-induced 130
hereditary angioneurotic edema (HANE) 93
Herxheimers trias 83
Hevea brasiliensis 57
hidden allergen 107
histamine 20, 21, 66, 77, 89, 257
equivalent potency (HEP) 44
release reaction 16
structural formula 22
synthesis 220
HIV infection 61, 120, 183, 194, 258
Hoigne syndrome 191
hormone 251
horse epithelia 54
housedust mite 55, 244
allergy 78
human
eosinophilic leukocyte 22
immune system 8
leukocyte antigen (HLA) 31

Subject Index
mast cell 22
serum albumin 97
hydroa vacciniformia 172
hydrocortisone 166
hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 185
hygiene hypothesis 35
Hymenoptera 114
hyperacute rejection 125
hyper-IgE syndrome 12, 158
hyperimmunoglobulin 119, 233
hypersensitivity 18
cellular 19
granulomatous 20
pneumonitis (HP) 43, 53, 136138, 209
allergens 140
diagnosis 138
therapy 141
reaction 76
stimulating/neutralizing 6, 20
syndrome 175, 183
hypnosis 253
hypocapnia 83
hyposensitization 86, 117, 180, 218
methods 232
hypotension 102
hypothalamic pituitary axis 251
ichthyosis hands 155
idiopathic
anaphylaxis 98
environmental intolerance (IEI) 213
thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) 129
urticaria 93
IgE 211
antibodies 99, 228
autoantibodies 211
increased production157
IgE-mediated
asthma 82
immediate-type reaction 257
reaction 16
IgG-blocking antibody 228
immune
complex anaphylaxis 6, 131
response
modifier 236
primary 9
secondary 9
system 250
immunity
acquired 8
innate 8
immunodeficiency 61
immunoglobulin 15
E 2
Fab fragment 15
Fc fragment 15
immunosuppressives 237
immunotherapy 236
allergen-specific 86, 116, 117, 227, 260

pregnancy 231
side effects 233
oral/sublingual 233
in vitro
allergy test 64
histamine release test 67
infect allergy 12, 124
asthma 83
infectious rhinitis 78
infliximab 238
inhalation allergen 82, 122
insect venom allergy 56, 67, 114
diagnosis 115
risk factors 116
sting provocation 116
insulin allergy182
interface dermatitis 202
interleukin (IL) 10
intolerance syndrome 190
intradermal test 61, 62
intragastral provocation under endoscopic control
(IPEC) 109
intravenous anesthetics 188
intrinsic asthma 81, 82
iodine allergy 188
ipratropium bromide 79
irritant contact dermatitis 144
irritative contact eczema 146
isotype switch 18
itch 159
eczema 224
prurigo 224
wheal 224
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction 191
kallikrein-kinin system
Kveim test 62

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late cutaneous reaction 63

latent atopy 18
latex milk 57
lepromin 207
leukocytoclastic vasculitis 133, 139, 183
leukotrienes 23, 221
antagonists 86, 95
Lewis triad 89
lichen planus 204
lid eczema 123
light urticaria 92
lipatrophy 182
lipocortin 164
lipopolysaccharide S (LPS) 211
lipoxygenase 23
inhibitor 221
local anesthetics 189, 190
localized heat urticaria 91
long-acting thyroid-stimulating factor (LATS) 210
lupus erythematosus 204
Lyells syndrome 124, 198

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diagnosis 201
drug-induced 198200
lymphocyte transformation test (LTT) 68, 178
lymphohistiocytic reaction 196
macular drug eruption 195
maculopapular drug eruption 195
major
basic protein (MBP) 25
histocompatibility complex (MHC) 8
malignant hyperthermia 189
mast cell 17
activation 16
blockers 86
stabilizers 218, 220
tryptase 66
mastocytosis 92
aggressive type 92
meadow grass dermatitis 173
mediator substance 21
melittin 115
methylhistamine 67
microbial-allergic conjunctivitis 123
microchip techniques 260
Micropolyspora faeni139
minimal erythema dose (MED) 172
Mitsuda test 62
mold spores 44, 52, 244
asexual 52
sexual 52
molecular genetics
association studies 31
candidate gene analysis 31
coupling analysis 31
single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) 31
monoaminooxidase (MAO) inhibitor 220
monoclonal antibody 236, 237
monophosphoryl lipid (MPL) 230
Montelukast 95
mucous membrane pemphigoid 124
multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) 212, 213
multi-subunit immune recognition receptor
(MIRR) 12
Mnchhausens syndrome 100
muscle relaxant 189
myasthenia gravis 210
N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamic acid 223
N-acetyltransferase (NAT) 176
nasal
hyperreactivity 77
provocation test 69
natural rubber latex allergy 57
nematode larvae 57
nephropathy, drug-induced 130
nerve growth factor (NGF) 83, 250
nervous system 250
neurasthenia 215
neuropeptide 26
neutrophil granulocyte 25

nickel allergy 146, 147

NK cells 208
non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis 79
non-infectious vaginitis 55
non-ionizing electro-magnetic radiation 170
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
190
nystatin 95
olfactory sensitivity 214
omalizumab 237
opipramol 95
oral
cromoglycate 111
provocation test (OPT) 71, 179, 182
for idiosyncrasy (OPTI) 94, 109
organic dust toxic syndrome (ODTS) 138
otitis media 79
ozone 38
paper-radioimmunosorbent test (PRIST) 65
papillary hyperplasia 122
paraneoplastic retinopathy 124
parasitosis 57
parenteral provocation 72
passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) 72, 211
patch test 147, 178
peak exspiratory flow (PEF) 70
penicillin 97
allergy 180, 181
penicilloyl polylysine (PPL) 178
peptidase 26
peptide 10
perioral rosacea-like dermatitis 168
persistent light reaction 172
phenology 47
Phleum pratense 49
phosphodiesterase inhibitor 223
phospholipase 16, 26, 164
A2 115
photoallergic contact dermatitis 171
photoallergy 51, 170, 171
diagnosis 173
photohypersensitivity 171
photo-patch test 173
photo-prick test 173
photosensitization 170, 172
physical
provocation test 94
test 63
urticaria 91
phytotherapeutics 223
pimecrolimus 160, 237
Plantago lanceolata 49
plasma protein solution 132, 188
platelet drop 23
platelet-activating factor (PAF) 23
pneumonia 199
pollen 44, 243
agglomerations 39

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calendar 47
counts 48, 49
differentiation 51
forms 51
grains 39
pollen-associated lipid mediator (PALM) 40
pollinosis 49, 60, 77
pollotrienes 40
polymorphic light eruption photoprovocation 172
porphyria 171
Prausnitz-Kstner test 72
pregnancy 241
pressure urticaria 92
prick test 61, 62, 181
procaine polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) 207
properdin 25
prostaglandin 22, 23
provocation test 68, 259
prurigo itch 224
pruritis 159
pseudo-allergic
drug reaction 185
mechanisms 4
reaction (PAR) 20, 76, 191
psoriariform drug eruption 204
psychodiagnostic test 252
psychogenic asthma 83
psychoneuroallergology 250, 257
psychosomatics 248
purpura 134
chronica progressiva 195
pigmentosa progressiva 6
pyrazolone 182
Quinckes edema 89, 90
quinine 129
radioallergosorbent test (RAST) 64, 67, 230
inhibition 230
radiographic contrast media 188
ragweed 51
rapamycin 237
rebound phenomenon 166
recombinant hirudin 183
red midge larvae 56
rehabilitation 243
relaxation techniques 253
releasability 99
repeated open application test (ROAT) 148
reverse
anaphylaxis 6, 211
placebo provocation 190
rhinitis
allergic rhinitis 76, 78
pharmacotherapy79
classification 78
infectious rhinitis 78
rhinomanometry 69
rush hyposensitization 182

salina 63
saliva 54
Samters triad 83, 186
sarcoidosis 208
scabies mite 56
Schambergs disease 195
sclerosiphony 137
scoring system atopic dermatitis (SCORAD) 155,
156
scratch test 61
seafood allergy 107
seasonal allergy 232
seborrheic dermatitis 144
sebostasis 159
secretolysis 87, 223
serine esterase 16
serotonin 24
serum
nephritis 130
sickness 19, 131, 132
shock fragment 76
signal transduction 257
silent lung 81
silkworm 57
single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) 31
sinusitis 79
skin test 61, 178
slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS-A) 23
smoking 40
Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) 249
solar urticaria 172
soluble bovine collagen 208
somatization disturbance 215
specific IgE antibodies 64
sperm allergy 55
spongiosis 158
stanazolol 95
staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) 198,
200
Staphylococcus aureus 158
State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI) 249
status asthmaticus 81, 87
steroid acne 167
Stevens-Johnson syndrome 123, 197, 198
stimulating/neutralizing hypersensitivity 6, 20
sting provocation 116, 118
stomatitis medicamentosa 204
storage mites 55
stress 249
protein 43
susceptibility 251
striae distensae 168
sulfidoleukotriene antagonist 221
sulfido-leukotrienes 68
sulfite 39
sulfur dioxide 39
summation anaphylaxis 100, 258
sun allergy 171
superoxid dismutase (SOD) 25
suppressor

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cells 257
T cells 229
sympathetic ophthalmia 124
sympathicomimetics 222
syndroma muco-cutaneo-oculare Fuchs 123
syndrome of burnt skin 198
systemic photo-provocation test 173
T cell 8
T regulator cells 10
tachykinin 26
tachyphylaxis 166, 229
tacrolimus 160, 237
teleangiectasia eruptiva macularis perstans 92
terbutaline 95
tetracyclin 95
TH1/TH2
balance 229
reaction 14
theophylline 101, 223
thrombocytopenia 18, 126
thyreoiditis 6
tobacco smoke 40
toll-like receptor 257
toluidine-blue staining 67
toxic
agent 36
antibody 131
epidermal necrolysis (TEN) 124, 198, 200
pathophysiology 203
therapy 201
granulocytopenia 128
shock syndrome (TSS) 203
tricyclic antidepressant 95
5-OH-tryptamine, see serotonin
tuberculin reaction 207
unguentum emulsificans aquosum 160
unspecific irritation syndrome 86
urtica dioica 92
urticaria 57, 89, 185

acute type 90
aquagenic 92
cholinergic 91
chronic type 91
cold 91
contact 92
dermographic 91
diagnosis 93
exercise-induced 91
factitia 91
idiopathic 93
light 92
localized heat 91
physical 91
pigmentosa 92
pressure 92
solar 172
therapy 95
vasculitis 93, 134
urticarial drug eruption 194
urticariogen 98
UV therapy 96, 160
vaccination 227
vegetable/fruit allergy 106
Venn diagram 30
vernal keratoconjunctivitis 122
wasp venom 119
Western blotting 67
wheal itch 224
xanthine derivative 86, 223
xenogeneic
protein 132
serum therapy 6
yin yang theory 14
zirconium granuloma 207