Authors:Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Andrea Doria, Annegret Kuhn
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: diseases, autoimmune, systemic, handbook, volume, skin
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 2006-03-22
List price: $146.00
ISBN-10: 0444521585
ISBN-13: 9780444521583

This book represents the state-of-the-art in the field of skin and autoimmune rheumatic diseases. It covers systematically a growing and multifaceted topic which is of great importance in the clinical practice. It also serves as a sharp educational tool as each chapter provides summaries and specific highlights to key references cited into the text. The pathophysiological link between skin involvement and autoimmunity has been explained in detail, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.This book yields an impressive body of well ordered information which summarizes the experience of a s

Authors:Manel Ramos-Casals, Joan Rodes, Josep Font,
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: diseases, systemic, autoimmune, handbook, volume, involvement, digestive
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2008-04-24
List price: $197.00
ISBN-10: 0444531688
ISBN-13: 9780444531681

The book "The digestive system in systemic autoimmune diseases" represents the state-of-the-art in the field of digestive disorders in the most common systemic autoimmune diseases.The volume consists of an introductory chapter on imaging techniques in digestive diseases, followed by eight chapters on digestive manifestations in specific systemic autoimmune diseases. The final five chapters deal with digestive diseases with an autoimmune pathogenesis and systemic manifestations.International in scope, the table of contents reads like a Who’s who in clinical research on systemic autoimmune

Authors:Justin C Mason, Charles Pusey,
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: diseases, autoimmune, systemic, handbook, volume, kidney
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2008-01-04
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0444529721
ISBN-13: 9780444529725

This volume brings together an international group of clinicians and clinical scientists to contribute to a state-of the-art review of the underlying pathogenic mechanisms, methods of clinical assessment, classification and diagnosis of renal disease, combined with a detailed overview of treatment strategies. An essential reference source for all those involved with the care of patients with renal involvement in systemic autoimmune disease, and for those contributing to research into the underlying pathogenic mechanisms in these disorders.

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Publisher: Humana Press
Keywords: diseases, autoimmune, criteria, diagnostic
Number of Pages: 878
Published: 2008-09
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1603272844
ISBN-13: 9781603272841

According to the Autoimmune Diseases Coordinating Committee (ADCC), between 14.7 and 23.5 million people in the USA – up to eight percent of the population are affected by autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases are a family of more than 100 chronic, and often disabling, illnesses that develop when underlying defects in the immune system lead the body to attack its own organs, tissues, and cells. In Handbook of Autoimmune Disease, the editors have gathered in a comprehensive handbook a critical review, by renowned experts, of more than 100 autoimmune diseases, divided into two main groups, n

Author: Moncef Zouali
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: diseases, autoimmune, epigenetics
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2009-10-19
List price: $189.95
ISBN-10: 0470758619
ISBN-13: 9780470758618

The role of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease is only now starting to become clear. Understanding these mechanisms, their effect on cellular function and the role of environmental factors is vital to determining how to manage these often debilitating and fatal diseases. Drawing on the research of leading experts, this book provides a valuable insight into this important new area of autoimmunity research and a clear, up-to-date view on the major advances in the field. Specific coverage includes: How highly developed epigenetic mechanisms are involved in sev

Authors:Michael P. Pender, Pamela A. McCombe,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: disease, neurological, autoimmune
Number of Pages: 377
Published: 1995-01-15
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0521461138
ISBN-13: 9780521461139

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and critical overview of the immunological aspects of autoimmune neurological disease. These diseases include common conditions such as multiple sclerosis, the Guillain-Barre syndrome, and myasthenia gravis. The book begins with chapters on antigen recognition and self-nonself recognition, and neuroimmunology, followed by chapters on specific diseases. For each disease, the authors cover clinical features, genetics, neuropathology, pathophysiology, immunology, and therapy. Each chapter summarizes key points and suggests directions for future resea

Authors:Donna Jackson Nakazawa,  Dr. Douglas Kerr,
Publisher: Touchstone
Keywords: epidemic, autoimmune
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-02-10
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0743277767
ISBN-13: 9780743277761

From the foreword by Dr. Douglas Kerr, Director, Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center "The Autoimmune Epidemic by Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an astounding book....It is the kind of book that will rivet you and scare you. It will make you angry. It will amaze you with the courage of some of the people described in the book...The Autoimmune Epidemic is every bit as compelling as Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle...It is also every bit as necessary as An Inconvenient Truth....You will leave this book with no reservations about the veracity of the conclusions: put simply, there is no doubt that