Paul F. Dellaripa • Aryeh Fischer Kevin R. Flaherty Editors 2014 A Comprehensive Guide Our understanding and treatment of rheumatologic disease have undergone a revolution over the last 20 years that has resulted in markedly improved patient outcomes and quality of life. However, the area of pulmonary manifestations in the rheumatic diseases has historically been poorly understood and under-recognized, […]
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Harold M. Swartz • David K. Harrison Duane F. Bruley Editors 2014 This volume consists of papers submitted, reviewed, and accepted from presentations at the 41st Annual Meeting of ISOTT that was held on June 22–26, 2013 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, USA. 210 scientists from 14 countries attended the meeting. A major focus of the meeting […]
Continue reading →Teresa K. Woodruff • Marla L. Clayman Kate E. Waimey Editors 2014 Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines This is the fourth book in a series that has examined the development of a new field: “Oncofertility.” Our purpose in creating this new term was to communicate a simple concept: that fertility preservation for cancer patients is […]
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Kristy A. Brown • Evan R. Simpson 2014 The Role of Dysregulated Estrogen Metabolism
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Bashar Katirji • Henry J. Kaminski • Robert L. Ruff Editors 2014 Over a decade ago, the editors appreciated a need for a single textbook that would cover comprehensively all aspects of the broad field of neuromuscular disease, which ultimately led to the publication of the first edition of Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice . The book attempts […]
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George M. Yousef • Serge Jothy Editors 2014
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Susan Redline • Nathan A. Berger Editors 2014 Sleep has recently been recognized as a critical determinant of energy balance, regulating restoration and repair of many of the physiological and psychological processes involved in modulating energy intake and utilization. Emerging data indicate that sleep can now be added to caloric intake and physical activity as major determinants of energy […]
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Hisanori Umehara • Kazuichi Okazaki John H. Stone • Shigeyuki Kawa Mitsuhiro Kawano Editors 2014 The past decade has witnessed the birth of a “new” multi-organ system, immune-mediated disease now known by consensus as IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Excitement about this disease has stemmed both from the recognition of aspects of the disease that are truly new and from […]
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Xavier Bosch • Manuel Ramos-Casals • Munther A. Khamashta Editors 2014 Systemic autoimmune diseases are complex multisystemic illnesses whose management may involve any specialty, although the most closely involved physicians are normally rheumatologists and internists. The majority of systemic autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis, primary Sjo¨gren syndrome, inflammatory myopathies, and ANCA-associated vasculitis, have […]
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Lorenzo Emmi Editor 2014 From Pathogenesis to Treatment About 30 years ago, I started to be in confidence with Behçet syndrome; at that time only a few lines in all the major texts of Internal Medicine were dedicated to this entity, not only in Italy. As I look back to those times when Dr. Ignazio Olivieri and some […]
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