Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

by Caroline Gordon, David Isenberg

Overview

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (often abbreviated to SLE or lupus) is a systemic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body, causing the immune system to attack the body's cells and tissue, and resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. This new addition to the Oxford Rheumatology Library series provides a practical approach to the assessment and management of patients with this complex, multisystem autoimmune disease to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and its complications. It provides comprehensive but easy to assimilate reading for consultant rheumatologists, dermatologists, nephrologists, obstetricians and other specialists and their trainees, interested GPs, specialist nurses, and clinical trial teams both in hospitals and contract research organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198739180
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/10/2016
Series:	Oxford Rheumatology Library
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Caroline Gordon, Professor of Rheumatology, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK,David Isenberg, Diamond Jubilee Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, University College Hospital, London, UK

Caroline Gordon is a Professor in Rheumatology at the University of Birmingham and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She set up the Birmingham lupus cohort and has also been involved in the development of the BILAG disease activity index and the SLICC/ACR damage index. In 2009 Professor Gordon was appointed advisory expert to the ESF Research Networking Programme: The Identification of Novel Genes and Biomarkers for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (BIOLUPUS).

David Isenberg is the Diamond Jubilee Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology at University College Hospital, London. He has been elected to Fellowships of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and is Chair of the British Isles Assessment Group and formerly the Chair (1998-2003) of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics group (SLICC). Professor Isenberg is the 2010 recipient of the Evelyn Hess Prize from the Lupus Foundation of America for his contribution to lupus research and treatment, and he chairs the Research Committee for Lupus UK and Division 5 of north London's local clinical trials network.

Table of Contents

1. History of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Graciela S. Alarcon and Manuel Ugarte-Gil2. Aetiopathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Peter Lloyd, Bevra Hahn and Sarah Doaty3. Epidemiology, Sam Lim and Caroline Gordon4. Clinical Features, Ben Rhodes and Caroline Gordon5. Laboratory Tests/Investigations, David Isenberg and Anthony Isaacs6. Treatment of SLE; Conventional (Drugs and non-pharmaceutical methods including counselling and self help), Anisur Rahman7. Biologic therapies in SLE, David Isenberg and Maria Mouyis8. Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Nicola Ambrose, Claire Louise Murphy and Yiannis Ioannou9. Special situations in Lupus, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldma and April Jorge

Editorial Reviews

"The volume contains well-written chapters by experts including Anisur Rahman, Graciela Alarcon, Bevra Hahn, and Anthony Isaacs on a range of topics such as epidemiology and clinical features and investigations of SLE. Therapies both conventional and biological have been discussed in depth." -Indian Journal of Rheumatology

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