Scleroderma
From Pathogenesis to Comprehensive Management
Editors: Varga, J., Denton, C., Wigley, F.M., Allanore, Y., Kuwana, M. (Eds.)
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- New edition includes new chapters on personalized medicine, cancer complications, and global perspectives on scleroderma
- Presents an integrated multidisciplinary approach to comprehensive patient care
- Chapter authors are international leaders specializing in the field
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- About this book
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Comprised of the authoritative work of international experts, this fully-updated second edition of Scleroderma builds upon the well-regarded approach in the first edition to provide integrated, concise, and up-to-date synthesis of current concepts of pathogenesis and modern approaches to management of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). With a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensive care, this book is easily accessible for health care professionals in many fields. The new edition includes extensive updated material based on major developments in the field, with new chapters on personalized medicine, cancer complications, global perspectives on scleroderma, and more. It presents a succinct and thoughtful synthesis of current pathomechanistic concepts, providing a valuable reference tool for basic and translational investigators working in the field. Scleroderma: From Pathogenesis to Comprehensive Management serves as an essential, all-inclusive resource for rheumatologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists and all those involved in the care of scleroderma patients.
- About the authors
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John Varga, MD
John and Nancy Hughes Distinguished Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Northwestern Scleroderma ProgramChicago, Illinois, USA
Christopher P. Denton, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Experimental Rheumatology
Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases
Division of Medicine
University College London
London, United Kingdom
Fredrick M. Wigley, MD
Martha McCrory Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine/Rheumatology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Yannick Allanore, MD
Service de Rhumatologie A
Université Paris Descartes,
Hôpital Cochin
Paris, France
Masataka Kuwana, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Allergy and Rheumatology
Nippon Medical School Graduate School of MedicineTokyo, Japan
- Table of contents (57 chapters)
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Historical Perspective of Scleroderma
Pages 3-7
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Epidemiology, Environmental, and Infectious Risk Factors
Pages 11-24
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Genetic Factors
Pages 25-38
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Disease Subsets in Clinical Practice
Pages 39-48
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Evolving Concepts of Diagnosis and Classification
Pages 49-64
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Table of contents (57 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Scleroderma
- Book Subtitle
- From Pathogenesis to Comprehensive Management
- Editors
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- John Varga
- Christopher Denton
- Fredrick M. Wigley
- Yannick Allanore
- Masataka Kuwana
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-31407-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-31407-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-31405-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-81033-1
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XXXV, 743
- Number of Illustrations
- 17 b/w illustrations, 174 illustrations in colour
- Topics
