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Edited by William W. Busse and Stephen T. Holgate. 1488 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Science, 1994. $225. ISBN 0-86542-246-X.

Our understanding of the pathogenesis of asthma has changed dramatically over the past decade. An unprecedented research effort has shown that asthma is a complex chronic inflammatory process rather than merely an acute bronchospastic process. As a direct result of this work, our philosophy of treatment has shifted, and we now place the primary emphasis on inhaled corticosteroids. Many other antiinflammatory therapeutic strategies appear to be on the horizon. Thus, the time is ripe for publication of this comprehensive textbook on asthma and its bedfellow, rhinitis.

The initial chapters of this encyclopedic work deal with epidemiology, including important discussions of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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