Systemic fibroinflammatory disorders /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Rare diseases of the immune system
Rare diseases of the immune system.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11270742
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Other authors / contributors:Vaglio, Augusto, editor.
ISBN:9783319413495
331941349X
3319413473
9783319413471
9783319413471
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 17, 2017).
Summary:This book provides detailed information on the nosology, pathology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of fibro-inflammatory disorders, rare diseases that often display systemic organ involvement. Among the conditions considered are IgG4-related disease, sclerosing cholangitis, Hashimoto?s and Riedel?s thyroiditis, retroperitoneal fibrosis/chronic periaortitis, mediastinal fibrosis, Erdheim-Chester disease, gadolinium-induced fibrosis, and sclerosing mesenteritis. This group of entities is still poorly defined and is characterized by the common denominator of chronic inflammatory infiltrate admixed with abundant fibrosis. IgG4-related disease is the prototypical example. Systemic Fibroinflammatory Disorders is the first book to draw together information on these conditions. As these diseases often require an interdisciplinary approach, the book is addressed to specialists of different disciplines, especially internists, rheumatologists, nephrologists, clinical immunologists, and hematologists.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319413471
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-41349-5