Diagnostic Criteria In Autoimmune Diseases

by Shoenfeld, Yehuda; Cervera, Ricard, M.D.; Gershwin, M. Eric

• ISBN13: 9781603274272
• ISBN10: 1603274278
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-24
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

According to the Autoimmune Diseases Coordinating Committee (ADCC), between 14.7 and 23.5 million people in the USA a " 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, namely systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases. A contemporary overview of these conditions with special emphasis on diagnosis is presented. Each chapter contains the essential information required by attending physicians as well as bench scientists to understand the definition of a specific autoimmune disease, the diagnostic criteria, and the treatment.

Table of Contents

Classical systemic autoimmune diseases

Systemic vasculitis

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Other immune-mediated systemic diseases

Endocrine and reproductive autoimmune diseases

Hepatobiliary and pancreatic autoimmune diseases

Gastrointestinal autoimmune diseases

Cutaneous autoimmune diseases

Cardiovascular and pulmonary autoimmune diseases

Neurological autoimmune diseases

Ocular autoimmune diseases

Renal autoimmune diseases

Hemtaologic autoimmune diseases

Index

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