The Neurologic Involvement in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Prefacev
- Series Editorvii
- Volume Editorsix
- List of Contributorsxi
- Contentsxv
- PART I Systemic Lupus Erythematosus1
- Neuropsychiatric Lupus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Features3
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Cognitive Evaluation and Dysfunction25
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Anatomic and Functional Imaging Studies45
- PART II Antiphospholipid Syndrome69
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome71
- PART III Rheumatoid Arthritis87
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Spine Involvement89
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Peripheral and Central Nervous System Involvement97
- PART IV Inflammatory Muscle Diseases107
- Inflammatory Muscle Diseases: Pathogenesis and Clinical Features109
- PART V Vasculitides129
- Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitides and Polyarteritis Nodosa131
- Large Vessel Vasculitis„Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica161
- Large Vessel Vasculitis„Takayasu Arteritis181
- Behcet’s Syndrome193
- Vasculitides„Miscellaneous Vasculitides217
- PART VI Other Conditions with Neurologic Involvement229
- Neurosarcoidosis231
- Nervous System Involvement in Sjogren’s Syndrome239
- Systemic Sclerosis253
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes265
- Index277
Systemic autoimmune diseases can affect both the central and peripheral nervous systems in a myriad of ways and through a heterogeneous number of mechanisms leading to many different clinical manifestations. As a result, neurological complications of these disorders can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Advances in the diagnosis, laboratory investigations, and management of these conditions has placed an increasing burden on the practicing clinician to correctly assess and treat these patients.
This volume of the Handbook of the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases will help the clinician and researcher better understand the current concepts of nervous system involvement from systemic autoimmune disorders, recognize current approaches to diagnosis and treatment, current controversies, and areas that need significant research efforts. It is believed that providing this approach in a single volume will facilitate its use as a frequent resource for all those caring for or investigating these patients and their diseases.
Each chapter follows a consistent outline to provide the reader with important and useful information in an easy-to-navigate manner and is also liberally referenced to provide more primary source material for further consideration. The standardized approach to each chapter will allow the reader to be able to compare and contrast more efficiently the neurological complications of the autoimmune diseases discussed.
This volume of the Handbook of the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases will help the clinician and researcher better understand the current concepts of nervous system involvement from systemic autoimmune disorders, recognize current approaches to diagnosis and treatment, current controversies, and areas that need significant research efforts. It is believed that providing this approach in a single volume will facilitate its use as a frequent resource for all those caring for or investigating these patients and their diseases.
Each chapter follows a consistent outline to provide the reader with important and useful information in an easy-to-navigate manner and is also liberally referenced to provide more primary source material for further consideration. The standardized approach to each chapter will allow the reader to be able to compare and contrast more efficiently the neurological complications of the autoimmune diseases discussed.