Y. Shoenfeld, P.L. Meroni (Eds.)

The General Practice Guide to Autoimmune Diseases

2012, 344 pages,
ISBN 978-3-89967-770-6,
Price: 40,- Euro

General Practitioners are often those who first see autoimmune sufferers in a clinical setting and this book discusses current understanding of the autoimmune diseases in the context of family practice. It has been designed to set out clearly the key symptoms, interpretation of appropriate diagnostic tests and likely therapy options as well as giving an overview of long-term management.
In the last few decades, great progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disorders. New knowledge about the interactions of genes, hormones and the environment that may contribute to pathological autoimmunity have lead to better methods of testing and assessing these diseases, while also helping the development of targeted therapies and improved prospects for prediction and prevention.


Contents:

Part 1: Autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Jaime Solís, Torsten Witte, Falk Hiepe, Gerald Messer, Georges Chyderiotis, Lucile Musset,Bach-Nga Pham, Nicole Fabien, Nils-Olivier Olsson, Ricard Cervera: Systemic lupus erythematosus

Thomas Werfel: Neonatal lupus erythematosus

Cecilia Chighizola, Karsten Conrad, Pier Luigi Meroni: Systemic sclerosis

Jiří Vencovskí, Ingrid E. Lundberg, Cees Kallenberg, Rudolf Mierau: Polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Jiří Vencovskí, Ingrid E. Lundberg, Cees Kallenberg, Rudolf Mierau: Myositis overlap syndromes

Torsten Witte, Pier-Luigi Meroni: Sjögren’s syndrome

Falk Hiepe: Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (UCTD)

Philipp von Landenberg, José Luis Rodriguez-Garcia,Munther A Khamashta: The antiphospholipid syndrome

Manfred Herold: Rheumatoid arthritis

Michael Borte, Karsten Conrad, Veit Krenn, Ulrich Sack: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Manfred Herold: Relapsing polychondritis

Manfred Herold: Psoriasisarthritis

Julia U. Holle, Elena Csernok, AllanWiik,Wolfgang L. Gross: ANCA-associated vasculitides

Julia U. Holle, Elena Csernok,Wolfgang L. Gross: Non-ANCA-associated vasculitides

Yoav Arnson, Howard Amital: Fibromyalgia syndrome


Part 2 : Autoimmune skin diseases

Silke Hofmann, Thilo Jakob: Bullous autoimmune skin diseases

Thomas Werfel: Discoid lupus erythematosus

Thomas Werfel: Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus


Part 3: Autoimmune liver diseases

Reinhild Klein: Autoimmune hepatitis

Reinhild Klein: Primary biliary cirrhosis

Reinhild Klein: Primary sclerosing cholangitis


Part 4: Autoimmune gastrointestinal diseases

Nathalie Vermeulen, Xavier Bossuyt, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine Vermeire: Inflammatory bowel diseases

Nils Olivier Olsson, Lucile Musset, Georges Chyderiotis, Bach-Nga Pham, Alain Lachaux, Hugues Rousset, Nicole Fabien: Coeliac disease

Marilda Santos, Helena Silva, João Pedro Ramos, Carlos Dias: Autoimmune gastritis


Part 5: Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system

Stephanie Knippenberg, Jan Damoiseaux, Raymond Hupperts: Multiple sclerosis

Avraham Unterman, Joab Chapman, Yehuda Shoenfeld: Guillain-Barré syndrome

Jan Damoiseaux, Marc de Baets: Myasthenia gravis

Albert Saiz, Francesc Graus : Autoimmune encephalitis


Part 6: Autoimmune diseases of heart and blood

Udi Nussinovitch, Yehuda Shoenfeld: Autoimmunity in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy

Helena Silva, Marilda Santos, João Pedro Ramos, Carlos Dias: Pernicious anemia

Dana Yehudai, Vadasz Zahava: Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura


Part 7: Autoimmune diseases of endocrine glands

Joana Rema, João Pedro Ramos, Carlos Dias: Autoimmune thyroid diseases

Jürgen Krug, Karsten Conrad, Veit Krenn, Ulrich Sack: Diabetes mellitus type 1

Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Yehuda Shoenfeld: Autoimmune Addison’s disease or autoimmune adrenalitis

Helena Silva, Joana Rema, Marilda Santos, João Pedro Ramos, Carlos Dias: Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes