Systemic Vasculitis: The Biological Basis: v. 11 (Inflammatory Disease and Therapy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824786505 ISBN 13: 9780824786502

Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc, 1992

Synopsis

This reference provides in-depth coverage of the pathogenesis, classification, treatment, and management of systemic vasculitis syndromes, including polyarteritis nodosa, Wegener's granulomatosis, giant cell arteritis, Kawasaki's disease, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, hypersensitivity vasculitis, and others. Applying information on vascular, inflammatory, and immune biology - advanced through recent studies or cell and molecular biology - to the problem of systemic vasculitis syndromes. "Systemic Vasculitis: The Biological Basis": criticaly reviews immune, inflammatory, coagulation, vasomotor, and infectious evidence; discusses the biology and pathobiology of blood vessels, immune mechanisms of vascular injury, and specific inflammatory mediators of tissue injury; examines vasculitis in the skin, heart, lungs, and central nervous system; and supplies the latest classification of vasculitis syndromes and state-of-the-art advice on therapy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824786505
• ISBN 13: 9780824786502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 600
• Editor: Leroy Carwile E.