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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Oxford Rheumatology Library)

Edited by Caroline Gordon and David Isenberg

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic, autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body, causing the immune system to attack the body’s cells and tissue, and resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. It is characterized by the presence of autoreactive B and T cells and the production of a broad, heterogeneous group of autoantibodies (autoAb); the absence of a unique presentation makes its diagnosis difficult, even for qualified clinicians. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus focuses on providing a practical approach to the assessment and management of patients with this complex, multisystem, autoimmune disease, in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and its complications. It provides detail on the history and epidemiology of SLE alongside comprehensive sections on clinical features, treatment, and special situations. As well as detailing the challenging management issues of SLE, this title provides an overview of the numerous investigations specific to the condition, assessment of disease activity, symptomatic treatment, patient education, and biologic therapies. A specific section on juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus also provides the practising clinician with the knowledge needed to manage this distinct and aggressive stage of SLE.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Apr 2016

Print ISBN-13:: 9780198739180

Published online:: May 2016

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780198739180.001.0001

Authors

Caroline Gordon, editor Professor of Rheumatology, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK

David Isenberg, editor Diamond Jubilee Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, University College Hospital, London, UK

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Front Matter
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
Chapter 1 History of systemic lupus erythematosus Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil and Graciela S. Alarcón
Chapter 2 Aetiopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus Peter Lloyd, Sarah Doaty, and Bevra H. Hahn
Chapter 3 Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosusCaroline Gordon and S. Sam Lim
Chapter 4 Clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosusBen Rhodes and Caroline Gordon
Chapter 5 Laboratory tests and investigationsAnthony Isaacs and David Isenberg
Chapter 6 Conventional treatments in systemic lupus erythematosusAnisur Rahman
Chapter 7 Biologic therapies in systemic lupus erythematosusMaria Mouyis and David Isenberg
Chapter 8 Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosusClaire Louise Murphy, Yiannis Ioannou, and Nicola Ambrose
Chapter 9 Management of special situations in systemic lupus erythematosusApril Jorge and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
End Matter
- Index

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