Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, an Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

Volume 36-1

von Ellen M Ginzler

212 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This issue brings the rheumatologist on the current thinking on treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, with an eye to the future. Topics covered include B cell biology and related therapies; glutamate receptor biology and its clinical significance in neuropsychiatric SLE; platelet C4d and vascular complications; biomarkers in lupus nephritis; endothelial function and its implications for cardiovascular and renal disease in SLE; changing worldwide epidemiology of SLE and its relationship to environmental, ethnic, and other sociodemographic factors; work loss, disability, quality of life, and compliance in SLE; pediatric lupus; metabolic syndrome and related endocrine abnormalities; the significance of interferon and the consequences of anti-interferon in SLE; and cutaneous lupus and the CLASI instrument.

• Themen: Medizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Rheumatologie
• ISBN: 9781437718690
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2010
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences