Diagnostic criteria in autoimmune diseases

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 populationare 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 100autoimmune diseases, divided into two main groups, namely systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases. A contemporary overview of these conditions withspecial emphasis on diagnosis is presented. Each chapter contains the essential information required by attending physicians as well as bench scientists tounderstand the definition of a specific autoimmune disease, the diagnostic criteria, and the treatment. Essential information required by attending physicians as well as bench scientists Expert, critical reviews of more than 100 autoimmune diseases Divided into two main groups: systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases Contemporary overview of conditions, with special emphasis on diagnosis Offers definition of specific autoimmune diseases, the diagnostic criteria, and treatment recommendations INDICE: From the contents Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Macrophage Activation Sindrome in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.- Adult Still’s Disease.- Systemic Sclerosis.- Sjögren’s Syndrome.- Mixed Connective Tissue Diseases (MCTD).- Relapsing Polychodritis.- Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Drug-induced Autoimmunity.- The Multiple Autoimmune Syndromes.- Giant Cell Arteritis.- Takayasu Arteritis.- Polyarteritis Nodosa.- Microscopic Polyangiitis.- Wegener’s Granulomatosis.- Churg-Strauss Syndrome.- Buerger’s Disease.- Behçet’s Disease.- Susac Sindrome.- Goodpasture’s Disease.-Kawasaki Disease.- Cogan’s Syndrome.- Henöch-Schönlein Purpura.- Cryoglobulinemic Syndrome.- Hypersensitivity Angiitis.- Polymyositis.- Dermatomyositis.- Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (sIBM).- Antisynthetase Syndrome.- Granulomatous Myositis.- Eosinophilic Myositis.- Eosinophilic Fasciitis.- Sarcoidosis.- Spondyloarthropathies.- Periodic Fever Síndromes.

• ISBN: 978-1-60327-427-2
• Editorial: Humana
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 870
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés