Beschreibung:
A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment offers a focused analysis of the diagnosis and management of scleroderma. Specifically designed to enlighten and update students and trainees, practicing rheumatologists and general practitioners on the various forms of systemic sclerosis, the book is designed to be an easily accessible tool that also covers potential complications and the latest treatment developments. A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment emphasizes recognition of common clinical features by focusing on and illustrating severe and less severe forms of the disease that can involve internal organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, heart, lungs and kidneys. Photos and radiographs introduce each chapter and are accompanied by a guide to workup and treatment. A comprehensive and invaluable addition to the literature, this text is not only a necessary resource for students, trainees and primary care physicians; it will also be of significant interest to specialists in the fields of rheumatology, dermatology, pulmonology, cardiology, gastroenterology and nephrology.
A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment offers a focused analysis of the diagnosis and management of scleroderma. Specifically designed to enlighten and update students and trainees, practicing rheumatologists and general practitioners on the various forms of systemic sclerosis, the book is designed to be an easily accessible tool that also covers potential complications and the latest treatment developments. A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment emphasizes recognition of common clinical features by focusing on and illustrating severe and less severe forms of the disease that can involve internal organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, heart, lungs and kidneys. Photos and radiographs introduce each chapter and are accompanied by a guide to workup and treatment. A comprehensive and invaluable addition to the literature, this text is not only a necessary resource for students, trainees and primary care physicians; it will also be of significant interest to specialists in the fields of rheumatology, dermatology, pulmonology, cardiology, gastroenterology and nephrology.
Ch. 1: Brief Overview of Scleroderma: Localized Scleroderma and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Maureen D. Mayes
Ch. 2: Localized Scleroderma
Carolyn A. Bangert
Andrew Kim
Heidi Jacobe
Ch. 3: Skin Manifestations and Musculoskeletal Disease in SSc
Janet Pope
Maureen D. Mayes
Ch. 4: Nailfold Capillaroscopy
Michael Hughes
Ariane L. Herrick
Ch. 5: Ischemic Digital Ulcers
Fredrick M. Wigley
Ch. 6: Lung Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
John T. Huggins
James G. Ravenel
Richard M. Silver
Ch. 7: Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna
Jason Baker
Philip Clements
Christopher P. Denton
Ch. 8: Calcinosis Cutis in Systemic Sclerosis
Gloria A. Salazar
Maureen D. Mayes
Ch. 9: Systemic Sclerosis Mimics
Gloria A. Salazar
Virginia D. Steen
Maureen D. Mayes