| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 434 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Contemporary endocrinology |
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Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
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| Contents |
Part I : Introductory chapters -- Basic mechanisms in autoimmunity / Sonia Quaratino -- Immunogenetic factors in autoimmunity / Joanne Heward and Stephen Gough -- Environmental factors in autoimmune endocrinopathies / Rajni B. Sharma [and others] -- Part II : Autoimmune thyroid disease -- Animal models of autoimmune thyroid disease / Marian Ludgate -- Thyroid autoantigens / Philip F. Watson and Nagat Saeed -- Graves' disease / Simon H.S. Pearce -- Autoimmune hypothyroidism / Francesco Latrofa and Aldo Pinchera -- Postpartum thyroiditis / John H. Lazarus and L.D.K.E. Premawardhana -- Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy and dermopathy / Wilmar M. Wiersinga -- Part III : Type 1 diabetes mellitus -- Animal models of type 1 diabetes mellitus / Lucienne Chatenoud -- Islet cell autoantigens / Anastasia Katsarou [and others] -- Type 1 diabetes mellitus / Huriya Beyan and R. David G. Leslie -- Part IV : Other autoimmune endocrinopathies -- Addison's disease / Corrado Betterle, Renato Zanchetta, and Fabio Presotto -- Premature ovarian failure / Victoria Sundblad, Violeta A. Chiauzzi, and Eduardo H. Charreau -- Autoimmune hypophysitis / Patrician Anne Crock [and others] -- Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 / Pärt Peterson -- Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 / George J. Kahaly and Manuela Dittmar |
| Summary |
Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The text begins with three introductory chapters which provide sufficient information so that anyone, including those without a background in recent immunology, will be able to understand the developments in the field. The next and largest section of the book concerns autoimmune thyroid disease, and authors of these chapters take the reader through the basic epidemiology, genetic and environmental risk factors, immunopathogenesis, and the diagnostic and management aspect of the disease. The next section discusses Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In the final section, authors explain other autoimmune endocrinopathies, including Addison's disease, premature ovarian failure, autoimmune hypophysitis, and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome types 1 and 2. Comprehensive and timely, Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology will become an essential reference for all endocrinologists and internal medicine practitioners working in this field |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Endocrine glands -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects
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Autoimmune diseases.
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Endocrine glands -- Diseases.
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Autoimmunity.
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Autoimmune Diseases
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Endocrine System Diseases
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Autoimmunity
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MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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Autoimmunity.
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Endocrine glands -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects.
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Autoimmune diseases.
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Endocrine System Diseases.
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Endocrine glands -- Diseases
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Autoimmunity
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Autoimmune diseases
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Endocrine glands -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weetman, Anthony P.
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| ISBN |
9781597455176 |
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1597455172 |
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1588297330 |
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9781588297334 |
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