Vasculitis in Clinical Practice

• Main Authors: Watts, Richard A. (Author), Scott, David G. I. (Author), Mukhtyar, Chetan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Allergy.; Internal medicine.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Allergology.

In this second edition, the authors discuss the newly discovered entity of IgG4 related diseases, look in greater detail at the role of biologic treatment in ANCA associated vasculitis, and have revised the nomenclature in each chapter to reflect international consensus. The addition of illustration...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Introduction
• 1. Definitions
• 2. Classification and Epidemiology
• 3. General Presentation of the Vasculitides
• 4. General Principles of Treatment
• Part 2. Features of Individual Diseases
• 5. Giant Cell Arteritis
• 6. Takayasu Arteritis
• 7. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - GPA (Wegeners)
• 8. Eosinophilia with Granulomatosis and Polyangiitis- EGPA (Churg–Strauss Syndrome)
• 9. Microscopic Polyangiitis
• 10. Polyarteritis Nodosa
• 11. Kawasaki Disease
• 12. IgA Vasculitis
• 13. Behçet’s Disease
• 14. Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
• 15. Vasculitis Mimics
• 16. Secondary Vasculitis
• 17. Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System Vasculitis
• 18. Relapsing Polychondritis
• 19. Cogan's Syndrome
• 20. IgG4 Related Disease.