Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Fourth Edition (SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS)

Cover......Page 1
List of Contributors......Page 2
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
1 - Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 12
2 - Overview of cellular immune function in systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 37
3 - Etiopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosusItineraries of Three Troikas......Page 101
4 - MHC class II and non-MHC genes in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 116
5 - Genetic susceptibility and class III complement genes......Page 159
6 - Complement deficiency and systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 179
7 - Gender and age in lupus......Page 208
8 - Genes and genetics of murine lupus......Page 227
9 - Systemic lupus erythematosus in domestic animals......Page 266
10 - Anti-DNA antibodiesStructure, Assembly, and Diversity......Page 282
11 - Anticytoplasmic antibodies in SLEAntibodies to Cytoplasmic Antigens......Page 314
12 - Antihistone antibodies......Page 324
13 - Antibodies to nonhistone antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 348
14 - Immune complexes......Page 376
15 - Origins of antinuclear antibodies......Page 399
16 - The clinical presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 430
17 - Neonatal lupus syndromes......Page 444
18 - Systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood......Page 480
19 - Imaging of systemic lupus erythematosusState of the art1......Page 510
20 - Monitoring patients with systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 613
21 - Laboratory evaluation of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 626
22 - Lupus pregnancy......Page 651
23 - Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 688
24 - Overlap syndromesMixed connective tissue disease and Sjogren's syndrome......Page 707
25 - Systemic lupus erythematosus and fibromyalgia......Page 735
26 - Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 745
27 - Psychiatric aspects of systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 772
28 - Cognitive dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 813
29 - Lupus erythematosus and the skin......Page 840
30 - Systemic lupus erythematosus and the kidney......Page 862
31 - Cardiovascular systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 898
32 - Systemic lupus erythematosus and the cardiovascular systemVasculitis......Page 928
33 - Systemic lupus erythematosus and the lung......Page 945
34 - Nonhepatic gastrointestinal manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 959
35 - Hepatic disease and systemic lupus erythematosusCoincidence or convergence......Page 977
36 - The cellular hematology of systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 1002
37 - Articular manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 1019
38 - Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease in lupus......Page 1046
39 - Immunology of anti-phospholipid antibodies and cofactors......Page 1060
40 - The clinical aspects of the antiphospholipid syndrome......Page 1085
41 - The catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome......Page 1102
42 - HematologyCoagulation problems......Page 1116
43 - The antiphospholipid syndromePathogenesis and implications for systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 1138
44 - Pathophysiology of drug-induced lupus......Page 1162
45 - Drug and environmental lupusClinical manifestations and differences......Page 1188
46 - Corticosteroid use in systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 1215
47 - Antimalarials and immunosuppressive therapies......Page 1247
48 - Unproven and experimental therapies......Page 1268
Index......Page 1294