Advances in the Etiology, Pathogenesis and Pathology of Vasculitis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533076515)

This book represents the culmination of the efforts of a group of outstanding experts in vasculitis from all over the world, who have endeavored to devote their work to this book by keeping both the text and the accompanying figures and tables lucid and memorable. Here, you will find an amalgam between evidence-based medicine to one based on eminence, through an exciting combination of original contributions, structured reviews, overviews, state-of the-art articles, and even the proposal of novel pathogenetic models of disease. The book contains contributions on the etiology and pathology of vasculitis, the potential role of endothelial cells and cytokines in vascular damage and repair as well as summaries of the latest information on several primary and secondary vasculitis syndromes. It also covers selected topics such as organ-specific vasculitic involvement and quality of life issues in vasculitis. The editor and each of the authors invite you to share this journey through one of the most exciting fields of the medicine, the world of Vasculitis.

Author: Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra
ISBN-10: 9533076518
ISBN-13: 9789533076515
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2011
Pages: 452
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.00d