Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome From Bench to Bedside /
This book, part of the series Rare Diseases of the Immune System, offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the pathophysiology and management of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Immunologic and genetic aspects are discussed and the pathogenic mechanisms responsible for such phenomena as APS-...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Series: | Rare Diseases of the Immune System,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11044-8 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 APS: Introductory notes
- 2 Immunology and Genetics of APS
- 3 The paradox of the lupus anticoagulant
- 4 The pathogenic mechanism(s) for APS-mediated thrombosis
- 5 The pathogenic mechanism(s) for APS-mediated pregnancy loss
- 6 Classification criteria
- 7 Non-classification criteria
- 8 Obstetric APS
- 9 APS and the nervous system
- 10 APS and renal involvement
- 11 Non-thrombotic hematologic manifestations in APS
- 12 Heart and APS
- 13 Skin and APS
- 14 Additional organs involved in APS (eye, ENT, GI, endocrine)
- 15 Treatment of thrombosis
- 16 Treatment of pregnancy complications
- 17 Asymptomatic carries of APS
- 18 New treatments
- 19 Secondary APS
- 20 Catastrophic APS.