A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment

by Maureen D. Mayes

Overview

A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment offers a focused analysis of the diagnosis and management of scleroderma. Specifically designed to enlighten and update students and trainees, practicing rheumatologists and general practitioners on the various forms of systemic sclerosis, the book is designed to be an easily accessible tool that also covers potential complications and the latest treatment developments. A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment emphasizes recognition of common clinical features by focusing on and illustrating severe and less severe forms of the disease that can involve internal organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, heart, lungs and kidneys. Photos and radiographs introduce each chapter and are accompanied by a guide to workup and treatment. A comprehensive and invaluable addition to the literature, this text is not only a necessary resource for students, trainees and primary care physicians; it will also be of significant interest to specialists in the fields of rheumatology, dermatology, pulmonology, cardiology, gastroenterology and nephrology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493909797
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	06/20/2014
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

About the Author

Maureen D. Mayes is a rheumatologist and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School where she directs the Scleroderma Clinic. She is currently the Principal Investigator of the NIH/NIAMS funded ‘Scleroderma Family Registry and DNA Repository’ and is author of more than 80 publications relating to scleroderma, its complications and its treatment. Dr. Mayes obtained her Masters of Public Health at the University of Michigan where she studied the epidemiology of scleroderma, resulting in a comprehensive analysis of the prevalence, incidence and survival of this disease. As Principal Investigator of the Scleroderma Family Registry and DNA Repository, she is currently studying the role of genetic factors in scleroderma susceptibility and disease severity. Dr. Mayes also conducts clinical treatment trials in scleroderma, both NIH and industry sponsored.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1: Brief Overview of Scleroderma: Localized Scleroderma and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)

Maureen D. Mayes

Ch. 2: Localized Scleroderma

Carolyn A. Bangert

Andrew Kim

Heidi Jacobe

Ch. 3: Skin Manifestations and Musculoskeletal Disease in SSc

Janet Pope

Maureen D. Mayes

Ch. 4: Nailfold Capillaroscopy

Michael Hughes

Ariane L. Herrick

Ch. 5: Ischemic Digital Ulcers

Fredrick M. Wigley

Ch. 6: Lung Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis

John T. Huggins

James G. Ravenel

Richard M. Silver

Ch. 7: Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis

Dinesh Khanna

Jason Baker

Philip Clements

Christopher P. Denton

Ch. 8: Calcinosis Cutis in Systemic Sclerosis

Gloria A. Salazar

Maureen D. Mayes

Ch. 9: Systemic Sclerosis Mimics

Gloria A. Salazar

Virginia D. Steen

Maureen D. Mayes

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Eun Joo Park, MD (Washington University Medical Center)
Description: With many illustrations, this book presents clinical manifestations of scleroderma at various stages to help healthcare providers understand the disease.
Purpose: The intent is to provide a guide for clinicians without much experience to help them recognize the disease as early as possible and to categorize the disease in its diverse forms.
Audience: The audience includes residents, fellows, and physicians, typically not in the field of rheumatology.
Features: The book shows pictures of patients with different stages and different forms of scleroderma. The disease is rare, but this book provides an enormous number of pictures to help readers get familiar with the clinical findings in an indirect but quite thorough way.
Assessment: This book is well written and well illustrated, easy to read and very informative about scleroderma.

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“With many illustrations, this book presents clinical manifestations of scleroderma at various stages to help healthcare providers understand the disease. … The audience includes residents, fellows, and physicians … . This book is well written and well illustrated, easy to read and very informative about scleroderma.” (Eun Joo Park, Doody’s Book Reviews, October, 2014)

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