Digestive involvement in systemic autoimmune diseases / edited by Manuel Ramos-Casals [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramos-Casals, Manuel.

Series:

Handbook of systemic autoimmune diseases ; v. 13.

Handbook of systemic autoimmune diseases ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digestive organs--Diseases.

Digestive organs.

Autoimmune diseases--Complications.

Autoimmune diseases.

Autoimmune Diseases--complications.

Digestive System Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Autoimmune Diseases--complications.

Digestive System Diseases.

Genre:

Electronic book.

Internet Resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

2nd edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2017.

Summary:

The Digestive System in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Second Edition, represents the state-of-the-art in the field of digestive disorders in the most common systemic autoimmune diseases. This volume consists of an introductory chapter on imaging techniques in digestive diseases, followed by eight chapters on digestive manifestations in specific systemic autoimmune diseases. The final five chapters deal with digestive diseases with an autoimmune pathogenesis and systemic manifestations. International in scope, the table of contents reads like a Who's who in clinical research on systemic autoimmune diseases. More than 20 contributors from the European Union, the United States, Mexico, and South Africa share their knowledge in this detailed volume. The book provides an overview of our current understanding of digestive disorders in the most common systemic autoimmune diseases.

Contents:

Digestive system and autoimmunity

Immunopathogenesis of autoimmune liver damage

Autoantibodies in gastrointestinal autoimmune diseases

Imaging techniques in digestive diseases

Primary biliary cholangitis

Autoimmune hepatitis

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Systemic and autoimmune manifestations of Hepatitis B virus infection

Extrahepatic manifestations in patients with chronic Hepatitis C virus infection

New antivirals for extrahepatic manifestations of Hepatitis C virus: the model of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Digestive involvement in the antiphospholipid syndrome

Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis

Gastrointestinal involvement in inflammatory myositis

Digestive involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic vasculitis

Mixed connective tissue disease

Gastrointestinal manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis

Spondyloarthritis and gastrointestinal involvement

Intestinal Behçet's disease

Gastrointestinal involvement of sarcoidosis

IgG4-related disease: gastrointestinal involvement

Gastrointestinal complications of antirheumatic drugs

Index.

Notes:

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Digestive involvement in systemic autoimmune diseases.

ISBN:

9780444637178

0444637176

OCLC:

971219286

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.