Ocular allergy in the Asia Pacific region

Ocular allergy in the Asia Pacific region

Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) represents a spectrum of disorders, comprising seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC), perennial allergic conjunctivitis (PAC), atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and giant papillary conjunctivitis. Of these ocular allergy types, SAC and PAC are the most common.The most striking difference within this group of ocular diseases is tha...

Determinants Of Financial Integration In The East Asia- Pacific Region

Incorporation of Medical Research and Education in Asia Pacific Region

The goal of medicine is to prevent harm as Hippocrates pointed out; “primum non nocere; first do no harm”. Has this fact been taken into account in developing Medical Education curricula in Asia? Frequency of diseases in Asia is different from high income countries (1, 2) and funds for research are lacking.  It is therefore important to allocate available funds to the most applicable issues to...

Greetings from Asia Pacific Allergy

It is a great honor and responsibility for me to take over the duty of the Editor-in-Chief of Asia Pacific Allergy after the founding Editor-in-Chief, professor Sang-Il Lee, and the second Editor-in-Chief, professor Connie H. Katelaris. Asia Pacific Allergy, the official journal of Asia Pacific Association of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI), has been very successful since its...

In this issue of Asia Pacific allergy

This edition of Asia Pacific Allergy (AP Allergy) offers a diversity of papers covering topics such as drug allergy, milk allergy and atopic dermatitis risk, measures of exercise-induced asthma in children and a rare case of anaphylaxis following hydatid cyst rupture. Bhanegaonkar et al. [1] have taken a very interesting approach to the assessment of benefit of using partially hydrolysed formul...