Vasculitis in Clinical Practice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Watts, Richard A. (Editor), Scott, David G. I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Allergy.; Internal medicine.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Allergology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-247-6

The systemic vasculitides are a group of disorders which are of increasing importance, many of which present significant diagnostic challenges. Vasculitis in Clinical Practice provides insights into the diagnosis and management of these conditions from a group of experts in the field. Both comprehen...

Table of Contents:

• General presentation of the vasculitides
• General principles of treatment
• Classification and epidemiology
• Giant cell arteritis
• Takayasu arteritis
• Wegener<U+0019>s granulomatosis
• Churg Straus syndrome
• Microscopic polyangiitis
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• Kawasaki disease
• Henoch Schn̲lein purpura
• Behcet<U+0019>s disease
• Cryoglobulinaemia
• Vasculitis mimics.