Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

Marinos C. Dalacas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

360 Seiten

1988
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-409-95191-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A review of the inflamatory myopathies that comprise polymyositis and dermatomysitis. The book takes a practical approach and covers clinical features and diagnostic tests and a team of contributors reviews how best to diagnose and manage this potentially fatal disease. Written with a practical emphasis, the book gives the classification of polymyositis and dermatomyositis and details of the clinical presentation, advances in the dermatomyositis and viral aetology of polymyositis and dermatomyositis together with a discussion of the use of animal models in understanding the basic mechanism of muscle fibre injury, comprising of the various diagnostic techniques available (including the interpretation of muscle biopsies and the EMG) and the available therapeutic options together with a discussion of rehabilitation programmes.

Inhalt

A classification of polymyositis and dermatomyositis; clinical features; clinical presentation and diagnosis; association of inflammatory myopathies with other connective tissue disorders and malignancies; inflammatory myopathies of childhood; aetiology and mechanisms - immunopathology; viral aetiology of polymyositis; inclusion body myositis; resin histology and electron microscopy in inflammatory myopathies; electromyography; treatment of polymyositis immunosuppressive therapy; total body irradiation in the treatment of rehabilitation management; fibromyalgin syndrome and chronic EBV/chronic fatigue syndrome; overviews.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 150 illustrations, 2 colour photographs, index
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 1096 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Rheumatologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• ISBN-10: 0-409-95191-9 / 0409951919
• ISBN-13: 978-0-409-95191-2 / 9780409951912
• Zustand: Neuware