Ace The Allergy and Immunology Exam

Angioedema is defined as " subcutaneous tissues and/or submucosal tissues circumscribed non-pitting edema affecting lips, face, neck, and extremiti ...

Influenza is a communicable viral disease that affects the upper and lower respiratory tract. A wide spectrum of influenza viruses causes it. Some ...

Celiac disease is an enteropathy of the small intestine. It is triggered by exposure to gluten in the diet of susceptible people. The susceptibilit ...

There are several types of fungal sinusitis. The classification depends on the degree of invasion of the sinuses. The overarching categories are no ...

Pathergy phenomenon has been well known to dermatologists since it was first described in 1937 by Blobner as a state of altered tissue reactivity i ...

IgA pemphigus is a rare autoimmune blistering disease characterized by painful and pruritic vesiculopustular eruptions. These eruptions form a ...

Pharyngeal pouches are endodermal out-pockets occurring between the pharyngeal arches in embryological development. Various transcription factors r ...

Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice in patients with end-stage renal disease or severe chronic kidney disease as it improves the ...

The esophagus physiologically lacks eosinophils, and when present, the condition is considered to be pathologic. Eosinophilic esopha ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), formerly known as immotile cilia syndrome,  is a disorder of motile cilia structure and function that result ...

FDA-approved usage of morphine sulfate includes moderate to severe pain that may be acute or chronic. Most commonly used in pain management, m ...

Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a systemic disorder that occurs when the graft's immune cells recognize the host as foreign and attack the reci ...

A contemporary joint research statement of the European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society (ERS/ATS) proposed criteria for interstitial ...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is an illness in which a person can present with acutely altered mentation, drowsiness or somet ...

Isoniazid (INH) is a potent bactericidal antibiotic used in the treatment of tuberculosis. Treatment with INH therapy has a risk of toxicity, ...

Erythema nodosum (EN) is a common acute nodular septal panniculitis, characterized by the sudden onset of erythematous, firm, solid, deep nodules o ...

As an ultra-high potency steroid, halobetasol cream has indications and FDA approval for use in the treatment of many inflammatory and pruritic der ...

The Immune response is the body's ability to stay safe by affording protection against harmful agents and involves lines of defense against most mi ...