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Sjögren’s Syndrome [electronic resource] : Diagnosis and Therapeutics / edited by Manuel Ramos-Casals, John H. Stone, Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Springer London, 2012Description: XX, 633 p. 94 illus., 67 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780857299475
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 616.723 23
LOC classification:
  • RC927-927.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Epidemiology -- Genetics and Proteomics -- Immunopathogenesis -- Viruses -- Etiopathogenic role of B-cells -- Oral involvement -- Ocular involvement -- Ear, nose and throat involvement -- Fatigue, fibromyalgia and other general symptoms -- Musculoskeletal involvement -- Non-vasculitic cutaneous involvement -- Vasculitis -- Cardiovascular involvement -- Pulmonary involvement -- Raynaud phenomenon -- Gastrointestinal involvement -- Autoimmune liver involvement -- Pancreatic involvement -- Nephro-urological involvement -- Central nervous system involvement -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Autonomic neuropathy -- Endocrine involvement -- Gynecological and obstetrical complications -- Laboratory abnormalities -- Diagnostic procedures (I) -- Diagnostic procedures (II) -- Immunological tests -- Classification criteria -- Measurement of chronicity and activity -- Measurement of quality of life -- Association with other autoimmune and rheumatic diseases -- Cancer -- Prognostic factors and survival -- SS in primary care.-Treatment of sicca features -- Treatment of B-cell lymphoma -- Classic immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory drugs -- New immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory drugs -- B-cell targeted therapies -- Other biological therapies -- Experimental therapies.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Sjögren’s Syndrome: Diagnosis and Therapeutics provides a thorough, multisystemic overview of the clinical manifestations of Sjögren’s Syndrome. It contains chapters pertinent across the range of medical specialties that may encounter Sjögren’s Syndrome cases. Chapters are specialty-specific, for easy reference by the relevant medical specialist. In addition to being a diagnostic guide, Sjögren’s Syndrome: Diagnosis and Therapeutics  includes a section on prognosis and outcomes of Sjögren’s Syndrome patients and provides an exhaustive therapeutic update, focused on new agents and experimental techniques. The inclusion of diagnostic/therapeutic algorithms illustrates the text with clinical photographs of the main organs involved and helps the reader to make guided diagnostic and therapeutic decisions through decision-based algorithms.
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Epidemiology -- Genetics and Proteomics -- Immunopathogenesis -- Viruses -- Etiopathogenic role of B-cells -- Oral involvement -- Ocular involvement -- Ear, nose and throat involvement -- Fatigue, fibromyalgia and other general symptoms -- Musculoskeletal involvement -- Non-vasculitic cutaneous involvement -- Vasculitis -- Cardiovascular involvement -- Pulmonary involvement -- Raynaud phenomenon -- Gastrointestinal involvement -- Autoimmune liver involvement -- Pancreatic involvement -- Nephro-urological involvement -- Central nervous system involvement -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Autonomic neuropathy -- Endocrine involvement -- Gynecological and obstetrical complications -- Laboratory abnormalities -- Diagnostic procedures (I) -- Diagnostic procedures (II) -- Immunological tests -- Classification criteria -- Measurement of chronicity and activity -- Measurement of quality of life -- Association with other autoimmune and rheumatic diseases -- Cancer -- Prognostic factors and survival -- SS in primary care.-Treatment of sicca features -- Treatment of B-cell lymphoma -- Classic immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory drugs -- New immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory drugs -- B-cell targeted therapies -- Other biological therapies -- Experimental therapies.

Sjögren’s Syndrome: Diagnosis and Therapeutics provides a thorough, multisystemic overview of the clinical manifestations of Sjögren’s Syndrome. It contains chapters pertinent across the range of medical specialties that may encounter Sjögren’s Syndrome cases. Chapters are specialty-specific, for easy reference by the relevant medical specialist. In addition to being a diagnostic guide, Sjögren’s Syndrome: Diagnosis and Therapeutics  includes a section on prognosis and outcomes of Sjögren’s Syndrome patients and provides an exhaustive therapeutic update, focused on new agents and experimental techniques. The inclusion of diagnostic/therapeutic algorithms illustrates the text with clinical photographs of the main organs involved and helps the reader to make guided diagnostic and therapeutic decisions through decision-based algorithms.

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