Main description:

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (often abbreviated to SLE or lupus) is a systemic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body, causing the immune system to attack the body's cells and tissue, and resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. This new addition to the Oxford Rheumatology Library series provides a practical approach to the assessment and management of patients with this complex, multisystem autoimmune disease to improve the diagnosis and
treatment of the disease and its complications. It provides comprehensive but easy to assimilate reading for consultant rheumatologists, dermatologists, nephrologists, obstetricians and other specialists and their trainees, interested GPs, specialist nurses, and clinical trial teams both in hospitals and
contract research organizations.

Contents:

1: Graciela S. Alarcon and Manuel Ugarte-Gil: History of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
2: Peter Lloyd, Bevra Hahn and Sarah Doaty: Aetiopathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
3: Sam Lim and Caroline Gordon: Epidemiology
4: Ben Rhodes and Caroline Gordon: Clinical Features
5: David Isenberg and Anthony Isaacs: Laboratory Tests/Investigations
6: Anisur Rahman: Treatment of SLE; Conventional (Drugs and non-pharmaceutical methods including counselling and self help)
7: David Isenberg and Maria Mouyis: Biologic therapies in SLE
8: Nicola Ambrose, Claire Louise Murphy and Yiannis Ioannou: Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
9: Rosalind Ramsey-Goldma and April Jorge: Special situations in Lupus