| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Handbook of systemic autoimmune diseases ; v. 13 |
|
Handbook of systemic autoimmune diseases ; v. 13.
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Digestive organs -- Diseases.
|
|
Autoimmune diseases -- Complications
|
|
Autoimmune Diseases -- complications
|
|
Digestive System Diseases
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
|
|
Digestive organs -- Diseases
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Ramos-Casals, Manuel.
|
| LC no. |
2016960463 |
| ISBN |
9780444637178 |
|
0444637176 |
|
