Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

R. Cervera, Joan Carles Reverter, Munther Khamashta (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

266 Seiten

2009
Elsevier Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-444-53169-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease which causes abnormal blood clots. This book provides an overview of our understanding of this major disease. It includes information on the pathogenetic mechanisms involved as well as clinical manifestations in both 'the thrombotic' and 'non thrombotic' manifestations of this important disease.

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Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease that causes abnormal blood clots. It is now recognized as a major cause of common conditions, including stroke, heart attack, miscarriage, epilepsy and memory loss and as such is gaining recognition in all branches of medicine, from obstetrics to cardiology, from psychiatry to orthopedics.This book provides an overview of our current understanding of this major disease. It includes the latest information on the new pathogenetic mechanisms involved as well as clinical manifestations in both “the thrombotic” and “non-thrombotic” manifestations of this important disease.

Autor

Munther Khamashta is Professor/Consultant Physician and Director of The Graham Hughes Lupus Research Laboratory at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, and runs a large lupus pregnancy clinic. He studied medicine in Barcelona and internal medicine in Madrid, Spain, where he developed an interest in connective tissue diseases and received his PhD. He was awarded the MRCP in 1999 and FRCP in 2002. He joined the Lupus Unit in London 25 years ago and has been instrumental in developing it into an internationally recognised tertiary centre receiving referrals from all over the UK, see https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/munther-khamashta(e30b3284-8df1-4cc2-9856-9bca61db843e)/biography.html

Inhalt

Classification and Epidemiology of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome;
Laboratory Heterogeneity of the Antiphospholipid Antibodies:
Pathogenesis of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome;
Immunogenetics of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome;
Systemic Manifestations of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome;
Obstetric Manifestations of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome;
Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Infections and Drugs;
Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Malignancies;
Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Vascular Disorders (Atheromatosis and Vasculitis);
Treatment of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome;
Difficult situations in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome;

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 192 x 262 mm
• Gewicht: 850 g
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• ISBN-10: 0-444-53169-6 / 0444531696
• ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53169-8 / 9780444531698
• Zustand: Neuware