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The Skin in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

  • 1st Edition, Volume 5 - January 26, 2006
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
  • Editors: Ronald Asherson, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Andrea Doria, Annegret Kuhn, Giampietro Girolomoni
  • Language: English

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… Read more

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Description

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 selected panel of distinguished physicians and scientists actively involved in the field of skin immunology and systemic autoimmunity.

Key features

* Written by a respected panel of distinguished physician-scientists actively involved in the field of skin immunology and systemic autoimmunity* Box summaries at the end of each chapter highlight important topics * Up-to-date basic knowledge as well as modern approach to diagnosis and therapy

Readership

Dermatologists, rheumatologists, internal medicine specialists, immunologists, medical/scientific management and pharmaceutical Companies

Table of contents

THE SKIN AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEMThe skin as an immunologic organT cells and dendritic cells in immuno-mediated skin pathologyThe skin cytokine-chemokine networkAutoantibodies and skin involvement in systemic autoimmune diseases.Outcome measure in autoimmune skin diseases.Capillaroscopy: which is its role in the diagnosis of connective tissue diseases?SKIN INVOLVEMENT IN SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASESPhotosensitivity in rheumatic diseases.LE-specific and LE-non specific skin manifestations in SLESubacute cutaneous lupus erythematosusDifferential diagnosis of LE-specific skin lesionsSkin alterations in antiphospholipid syndromeSystemic sclerosisDermatitis in dermatopolymiositisMucocutaneous manifestations of Sjogren’s syndrome Rheumatoid arthritis and the skinRcurrent oral aphtosis and skin manifestations in Bechet’s diseaseSKIN MANIFESTATIONS IN VASCULITIDISLeukocytoclastic and urticarial vasculitisHenoch-Schoenlein purpuraEssential Mixed CryoglobulinemiaGranulomatous vasculitis KawasakiNEW INSIGHT IN THE TREATMENT OF SKIN MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASESSkin targets for new biological agents in systemic autoimmune diseasesNew trends in systemic immunosuppressive treatment

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 5
  • Published: February 2, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editors

RA

Ronald Asherson

Affiliations and expertise
Killarney, Johannesburg, South Africa

PS

Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini

Affiliations and expertise
Rheumatology Unit, L Sacco University, Milan, Italy

AD

Andrea Doria

Affiliations and expertise
Division of Rheumatology, University of Padova, Italy

AK

Annegret Kuhn

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Dermatology, University of Duesseldorf, Germany

GG

Giampietro Girolomoni

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Verona, Italy

About the author

PS

Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini

Affiliations and expertise
Rheumatology Unit, L Sacco University, Milan, Italy

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