Hughes Syndrome A Patient’s Guide /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hughes, Graham (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Obstetrics.; Cardiology.; Hematology.; Rheumatology.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.

This second edition is a result from a worldwide surge of interest in antiphospholipid syndrome. This disease, also known as Hughes Syndrome, affects all organs of the body including the placenta, and touches all areas of medicine. Many publications have shown that APS causes miscarriage, strokes, h...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Sticky Blood: the Disease Is Common
• 2. Main Clinical Features
• 3. Clotting in Veins
• 4. Stroke
• 5. Memory Loss and “Alzheimers”
• 6. Headaches, Migraine and Fits
• 7. The Spinal Cord and “Multiple Sclerosis”
• 8. The Heart and Arteries
• 9. Internal Organs
• 10. The “Catastrophic” Antiphospholipid Syndrome
• 11. Pregnancy and Fetal Loss
• 12. Hughes’ Syndrome and Lupus
• 13. Treatment
• 14. The Outlook
• 15. What Blood Tests Do We Use?
• 16. Research
• 17. Background
• 18. An Update
• 19. Further Reading and Websites.