Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rovenský, Jozef (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Leeb, Burkhard F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bird, Howard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Štvrtinová, Viera (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Imrich, Richard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2010.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Infectious diseases.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Infectious Diseases.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XI, 91 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783211993590

This monograph offers current insights into polymalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. Both diseases are typical for advanced age and their incidences increase with aging. Early diagnosis and rapid treatment can save one of the most precious senses - our vision. This book provides an overview on the pathophysiology, their genetic, immunologic, endocrinologic mechanism of these diseases, but most important it deals with state-of-the-art diagnosis and current treatment in elderly with the attempt to diagnose and treat these rheumatic diseases even faster and more effectively in the future.