Part 1 Basic mechanisms: allergens, P. Thomson; IgE synthesis and its receptors, H. Gould; cytokine network in allergic disease, J. Denburg; activation mechanisms of mast cells and basophils, D. Kennerley; mast cells and basophil functions, M. Church and J. Caulfield; eosinophils, G. Gleich; macrophages and dendritic cells, T. Lee; platelets, R.J. Page; lymphocytes, A. Kay; neutrophils, C. Haslett. Part 2 Clinical practice: diagnostic tests for allergy, B. Weeke; asthma - classification and epidemiology, P. Burney; asthma - pathophysiology, S. Holgate; asthma - diagnosis, management and outcomes, A. Woolcock; anti-asthma drugs, M. Church; allergic alveolitis, J. Salvaggio; rhinitis - pathophysiology, R.S. Davies; rhinitis - diagnosis and treatment, U. Pipkorn; conjunctivitis - pathophysiology, S. Lightman; conjunctivitis - diagnosis and treatment, R. Buckely; urticaria - pathophysiology, T. Omerod; urticaria - diagnosis and treatment, F. Lawlor; eczema and contact dermatitis - pathophysiology, R. Barnetson and D.J. Gawdkrodger; eczema and contact dermatitis - diagnosis and treatment, R. Mackie; GI-allergic disease - pathophysiology, D. Robertson; GI-allergic disease - diagnosis and treatment, M. Lessor; anaphylaxis, A. Sheffer; drug allergy, F. Adkinson.
