Dermatomyositis: Advances in Recognition, Understanding and Management / Edition 1

by Lyubomir A. Dourmishev, Gerd Plewig, Assen Lyubenov Dourmishev

Overview

Although dermatomyositis is a rare connective tissue disease, many physicians are confronted with the diagnosis and treatment of patients affected by this condition. Based on the vast personal experience of the authors, who have diagnosed, treated, and managed many dermatomyositis patients, this clinical guide provides dermatologists, rheumatologists, pediatricians, neurologists, and general practitioners with the keys to interpreting the clinical symptoms of dermatomyositis. Also included are algorithms to help the reader to make the correct diagnosis, as well as guidance on new diagnostic methods and treatment schemes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642098185
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/21/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

History of Dermatomyositis.- Classification of Dermatomyositis.- Diagnostic Criteria.- Epidemiology of Dermatomyositis.- Clinical Manifestations of Dermatomyositis.- Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomayositis.- Oral Manifestations of Dermatomyositis.- Musculoskeletal Involvement in Dermatomyositis.- Joint Involvement.- Cardiac Manifestations of Dematomyositis.- Complications of Dermatomyositis.- Pulmonary Complications of Dermatomyositis.- Gastrointestinal Complications of Dermatomyositis.- Ophthalmic Complications of Dermatomyositis.- Renal Complications of Dermatomyositis.- Complications of Central Nervous System in Dermatomyositis.- Pregnancy Complicated by Dermatomyositis.- Calcinosis in Dermatomyositis.- Internal Malignancy Associated with Dermatomyositis.- Clinical Variants of Dermatomyositis.- Classic Dermatomyositis in Adults.- Juvenile Dermatomyositis.- Amyopathic Dermatomyositis.- Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis.- Overlap Syndromes.- Drug-Induced Dermatomyositis.- Other Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies.- Polymyositis.- “Inclusion Body” Myositis.- Orbital Myositis.- Eosinophilic Myositis/Perimyositis.- Eosinophilia–Myalgia Syndrome and Eosinophilic Fasciitis (Shulman Syndrome).- Laboratory Manifestations of Dermatomyositis.- Muscle Enzymes.- Autoantibodies.- Laboratory Assessments of Disease Activity in DM.- Pathology and Immunopathology of Dermatomyositis.- Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of DM.- Medical Evolution of Dermatomyositis.- Differential Diagnosis of Dermatomyositis.- Etiology and Pathogenesis.- Etiology of Dermatomyositis.- Pathogenesis of Dermatomyositis.- Pathophysiology, Hypotheses for Pathogenesis and Animal Models of DM.- Treatment of Dermatomyositis.- Pharmacologic Agents in the Treatment of DM.- Treatment of Cutaneous Manifestations and Complications of Dermatomyositis.- Non-pharmacological Treatment of Dermatomyositis, Physical Therapies and Rehabilitation of Dermatomyositis.- Management and Control.- Evolution and prognosis of Dermatomyositis.

Editorial Reviews

Aus den Rezensionen:

“Das vorliegende Buch ... ist eine Monografie, die ... alle Aspekte der Dermatomyositis abhandelt. ... Die Kapitel verfügen über aktuelle Referenzaufstellungen, so dass es klinischTätigen leicht möglich ist zu einzelnen Aspekten der Dermatomyositis ... einen Überblick zur bislang vorhandenen Literatur zu gewinnen. Die Tabellen sind übersichtlich und der diagnostische Algorithmus zum diagnostischen Vorgehen eine gute Grundlage um die einzelnen Formen der Dermatomyositis differenzialdiagnostisch abzugrenzen. ... Die vorliegende Monografie stellt zusammenfassend ein umfangreiches Werk zu einer in der Dermatologie seltenen Erkrankung dar ... ein hilfreiches Buchwerk ...“ (Margitta Worm, in: JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft Journal of the German Society of Dermatology, January/2010, Vol. 8, S. 67)

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