Autoimmune diseases : acute and complex situations /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 416 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8898417
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Other authors / contributors:Khamashta, Munther A.
Ramos-Casals, Manuel.
ISBN:9780857293589 (electronic bk.)
0857293583 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Autoimmune Diseases: Acute and Complex Situations provides a detailed overview of conditions associated with autoimmune diseases that are considered either life-threatening or requiring complex management. These include abdominal pain, arthritis, cutaneous ulcers, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, epilepsy, pancreatitis, stroke and white-matter CNS lesions.

Autoimmune Diseases: Acute and Complex Situations addresses the latest clinical and immunological prognostic factors that may help to identify patients at higher risk of developing potentially life-threatening involvement. This book comprehensively helps the reader to diagnose these patients, in whom an early therapeutic approach is essential.

Autoimmune Diseases: Acute and Complex Situations is a valuable reference tool for rheumatologists, internists, immunologists, and all the specialists involved in the multidisciplinary care of patient with rheumatic and systemic autoimmune diseases.

Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 416 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857293589 (electronic bk.)
0857293583 (electronic bk.)