Systemic lupus erythematosus / editor, Robert G. Lahita ; associate editors, George Tsokos, Jill P. Buyon, Takao Koike.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
5th ed.
Published/​Created
Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, 2011.
Description
xix, 1134 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

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    Notes
    Previous ed.: 2004.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Major histocompatibility complex class II
    • Genetic susceptibility and class III complement genes
    • Constitutive genes and lupus
    • Genetics of lupus in mice
    • B-cell tolerance and autoimmunity - Dendritic cells in SLE
    • T-cells and systemic lupus erythematosus
    • B-lymphocyte biology in SLE
    • Polymorphonuclear and endothelial cells
    • Mechanisms and consequences of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in T-cells of patients with SLE
    • Cell cycle regulation and systemic lupus erythematosus
    • The role of reactive nitrogen and oxygen intermediates in system lupus erythematosus
    • Origins of antinuclear antibodies
    • Anti-DNA antibodies: structure, regulation and pathogenicity
    • Extractable nuclear antigens and SLE: specificity and role in disease pathogenesis
    • Antihistone and antispliceosomal antibodies
    • Toll-like receptors in SLE
    • Interferon-alpha in systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Immune complexes in systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Complement and tissue injury in SLE
    • Humoral pathogenesis: Fc[gamma] receptors in autoimmunity and end-organ damage
    • Drug-induced lupus mechanisms
    • Gender and age in lupus
    • Roles for infections in systemic lupus erythematosus pathogenesis
    • Systemic lupus erythematosus in domestic animals
    • Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis
    • Tissue injury and the skin
    • Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: mechanisms of injury
    • Atherosclerosis and tissue injury in systemic lupus erythematosus
    • The clinical presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Neonatal lupus
    • SLE in children
    • Drug-induced disease
    • Laboratory evaluation of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Pregnancy and reproductive concerns in systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Monitoring disease activity
    • Incomplete lupus erythematosus
    • Design of clinical trials for SLE
    • The nervous system and lupus
    • Skin
    • Kidney
    • Heart
    • Vasculitis
    • Lung
    • Gastrointestinal: liver
    • Gastrointestinal: nonhepatic
    • Cellular hematology
    • Musculoskeletal system: articular disease, bone metabolism
    • Antiphospholipid syndrome: pathogenesis
    • Endothelial cell damage and atherosclerosis
    • Laboratory testing for antiphospholipid syndrome
    • Clinical presentation of antiphospholipid syndrome
    • Pregnancy and antiphospholipid syndrome
    • Treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome
    • Corticosteroid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Antimalarials and SLE
    • Systemic lupus erythematosus: cytotoxic agents
    • Biologic agents in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus.
    ISBN
    • 9780123749949 (hbk.)
    • 0123749948 (hbk.)
    OCLC
    655650182
    RCP
    C - S
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