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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Basic, Applied and Clinical Aspects - Softcover

 
9780128145517: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Basic, Applied and Clinical Aspects
Softcover
ISBN 10: 012814551X ISBN 13: 9780128145517
Publisher: Academic Press, 2020

Synopsis

This completely updated and expanded 2nd edition of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, A Manual includes topics not covered previously with contributors who are at the forefront of each specific topic and with a global appeal. Each chapter is short and is presented critically with selected references, which should be valuable to a wider audience. This book combines basic with clinical science to help internists and specialists in the diagnosis and management of patients with SLE. It is a quick referral for people in the pharmaceutical industry in their efforts to bring much-needed drugs. It provides all the needed information to basic researchers old and new alike, who wish to enter the field of lupus and systemic autoimmunity in general.

  • Focused state-of-the-art chapters prepared by top-notch experts in the field
  • Latest understanding of cellular, molecular, biochemical aspects of disease pathogenesis
  • Advanced aspects of genetic, microbiome, environmental, hormonal, and immunological contribution to the expression of the disease
  • Current understanding of clinical features of the disease
  • Recent efforts to develop new treatments

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About the Author

George C. Tsokos, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr Tsokos has served as President of the Clinical Immunology Society, on the boards of directors for the American College of Rheumatology and the Lupus Foundation of America, member/chair of multiple federal study sections, and editor/member of the editorial boards for top scientific journals. He has received several awards, including a MERIT from NIH, the Lee C. Howley Sr. Prize, the Evelyn V. Hess, the Distinguished Basic Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology, the Lupus Insight Prize from the Lupus Research Alliance, and the Carol Nachman Prize for Rheumatology. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology, a member of American Association of Physicians and Fellow of AAAS.

From the Back Cover

This completely updated and expanded 2nd edition of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, A Manual includes topics not covered previously with contributors who are at the forefront of each specific topic and with a global appeal. Each chapter is short and is presented critically with selected references, which should be valuable to a wider audience. This book combines basic with clinical science to help internists and specialists in the diagnosis and management of patients with SLE. It is a quick referral for people in the pharmaceutical industry in their efforts to bring much-needed drugs. It provides all the needed information to basic researchers old and new alike, who wish to enter the field of lupus and systemic autoimmunity in general.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
012814551X
ISBN 13 
9780128145517
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
694
Editor
Tsokos MD George C.