Advances in the Diag. and Trtmt. of Vasculitis

preface_Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasculitis......Page 1
Part 1 _Diagnostic approaches in vasculitis......Page 13
01 ANCA Diagnostics in Clinical Practice:
New Developments......Page 15
02 Histopathology of Cutaneous Vasculitis......Page 31
03 FDG-PET in Large Vessel Vasculitis......Page 69
Part 2 _Advances in the treatment of vasculitis......Page 85
04 Treatment of Different Types of Vasculitis......Page 87
05 Treatment of ANCA – Associated Vasculitis......Page 103
06 Biologic Agents for the Treatment
of Systemic Vasculitis......Page 117
07 The Role of Biological Therapies in the
Management of Systemic Vasculitis......Page 137
08 Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy
in Primary Vasculitides......Page 161
09 Immunopathogenesis Based Adamantiades-
Behcet Disease Vasculitis Treatment......Page 179
10 Bypass for the Treatment of Vasculitis
Affecting the Central Nervous System......Page 211
11 Therapeutic Vascular Angiogenesis for
Vasculitis Related Peripheral Artery Disease......Page 223
12 Oral Delivery of DNA Vector Conjugated
with Chitosan and Its Effect on
Th1 Polarized Inflammation......Page 233
Part 3 _Miscellaneous overviews in vasculitis......Page 245
13 Churg Strauss Syndrome:
Clinical and Pathogenetic Approach to Therapy......Page 247
14 Diagnosis and Treatment of Giant Cell
Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis) –
Past, Current and Future Aspects......Page 265
15 “Extra-Cranial” Manifestations
of Giant Cell Arteritis......Page 303
16 Large Giant Cell Arteritis
with Eye Involvement......Page 323
17 Kawasaki Disease in a Tertiary Pediatric
Referral Center in Athens, Greece and
Review of the Literature......Page 343
18 Neurological Manifestations in Behcet Disease......Page 365