Lupus Erythematosus

Clinical Evaluation and Treatment
2012
ISBN: 978-1-4614-1188-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Often considered the prototypic autoimmune disease, Lupus is characterized by protean manifestations and affects a wide range of organ systems. Despite widespread availability of anti nuclear antibody testing and other technological diagnostic advances, the diagnosis of lupus can be elusive, difficult, and inexact. Treatment of the disease can also be challenging. Advances in immunology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning world of new therapies in development that offer patients the real possibility of new therapies and physicians and scientists novel insights into the pathogenesis of this complicated immunological disease. Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Evaluation and Treatment summarizes the clinical aspects of lupus facing the general clinician in the 21st century. In this invaluable, practical book, the reader will find introductory chapters regarding general diagnostic and treatment principles, followed by chapters addressing the lupus-specific organ manifestations. Special topics regarding pregnancy and comorbidities are also presented. Written by highly experienced physicians with special expertise in lupus, Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Evaluation and Treatment is an indispensable reference for the common and not so common problems affecting patients with lupus.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massarotti, Elena M.

Schur, Peter H.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Rheumatologie, Muskelerkrankungen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
      EM Massarotti and PH Schur
 
1. SLE Epidemiology: Epidemiology Subtypes and Risk Factors for Development
      JF Simard,  and KH Costenbader
 
2. The Immunopathogenesis and Immunopathology of SLE
        D Pisetsky
 
3. Diagnosis and Monitoring SLE
      PH Schur
 
4. Clinical Monitoring of the Patient with Lupus
             VP Bykerk
 
5. The Treatment of SLE: General Principles
       EM Massarotti and PH Schur
 
6. Cutaneous Manifestations of Lupus Erythematosus
       H Townsend, and  RA Vleugels
 
7. Musculoskeletal Manifestations of SLE
       S Helfgott
 
8. The Cerebrovascular System in SLE
      R Sands
 
9. Pulmonary Manifestations of SLE
      HJ Goldberg, and PF Dellaripa
 
10. Hematologic Manifestations of SLE
        N Berliner
 
11. Renal Manifestations of SLE
      M Dooley
 
12. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of SLE
       RS Kalman and J Wolf
 
13. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of SLE
       S Khoshbin
 
14. SLE and Pregnancy
    B Bermas
 
15. Anti-phospholipid Antibody Syndrome
    B Bermas
 
16. Lupus-Like Syndromes related to Drugs
        J Merola
 
17. New and Emerging Therapies for SLE
     EM Massarotti
 
18. Comorbidities in SLE
       M Gayed, C-S Yee, S Bernatsky, C Gordon