Overview

This new book is devoted to leading-edge research developments in lupus which is a condition of chronic inflammation caused by an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses that occur when the body's tissues are attacked by its own immune system. The immune system is a complex system within the body that is designed to fight infectious agents, for example, bacteria, and other foreign invaders. One of the mechanisms that the immune system uses to fight infections is the production of antibodies. Patients with lupus produce abnormal antibodies in their blood that target tissues within their own body rather than foreign infectious agents. Because the antibodies and accompanying cells of inflammation can involve tissues anywhere in the body, lupus has the potential to affect a variety of areas of the body. Sometimes lupus can cause disease of the skin, heart, lungs, kidneys, joints, and/or nervous system. When only the skin is involved, the condition is called discoid lupus. When internal organs are involved, the condition is called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

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Author:   Tomas I Seward
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.742kg
ISBN:  

9781600218613

ISBN 10:   160021861
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 January 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Therapeutic Plasmapheresis in the Treatment of Complicated Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Pregnancy, a Challenge in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Influence of Exercise on the Peripheral Circulation in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Systemic Sclerosis; New Frontiers in the Research of Cardiovascular Disease Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Comorbidity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease, Osteoporosis and Infections; Severe Tissue Trauma Triggers Lupus Autoimmune Disease; Immunotherapy with Ig-Derived Peptides in SLE: Current Status and Directions; Autoantibodies as Prognostic or Diagnostic Markers of Psychiatric Manifestations in SLE; High-Dose Immunosuppression with Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Severe Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; MR Spectroscopy, Diffusion and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Personalised Medicine for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A New Challenge for the Near Future; Therapeutic Potential of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (Statins) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Index.

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