Autoimmune disorders : symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment / Maria E. Petrov, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petrov, Maria E.

Series:

Immunology and Immune System Disorders

Immunology and immune system disorders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autoimmune diseases.

Autoimmunity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Autoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body actually attacks its own cells. The immune system mistakes some part of the body as a pathogen and attacks it. The treatment of autoimmune diseases is typically with immunosuppression--medication which decreases the immune response. This book presents current research in the study of autoimmune disorders with a focus on autoimmune liver diseases; Graves hyperthyroidism; system lupus erythematosus; Behcet's disease; and Sjogren's syndrome.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Autoimmune Liver Diseases ""; ""Chapter 2 Immunopathological Events in an Experimental Autoimmune Kidney Disease and How Those Events Can be Terminated to Regain Tolerance to Self ""; ""Chapter 3 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Autoimmune Diseases: Time for a Reappraisal ""; ""Chapter 4 Thyroid Arterial Embolization for the Treatment of Graves� Hyperthyroidism ""; ""Chapter 5 New Targets and Approaches to Autoimmune-Induced Salivary Hypofunction""

""Chapter 6 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Definition, Pathogenesis and Treatment Mariana Postal""""Chapter 7 Diagnosis and Pathogenesis of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (NPSLE) ""; ""Chapter 8 Cytomegalovirus-Induced Autoimmunity""; ""Chapter 9 BehÃet's Disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment ""; ""Chapter 10 Immunomodulators as Therapeutic Strategies for Managing Multiple Sclerosis E. W. Brenu""; ""Chapter 11 Premenstrual Syndrome: A Disease with an Autoimmune Component? Miranda A. Farage""

""Chapter 12 The Primary Target Antigenic Site in Heymann Nephritis is the Renal Proximal Convoluted Tubules� Brush Border Associated Zone of Cells """"Chapter 13 Dysregulation of Autoimmunity Caused by Silica Exposure: Fas-Mediated Apoptosis in T Lymphocytes Derived from Silicosis Patients ""; ""Chapter 14 Unusual Renal Localization of Vasculitis in Sjögren�s Syndrome: A Clinical Case Report""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61761-698-2

OCLC:

923653297