Autoimmune Diagnostics

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Autoimmune Diagnostics

Edited by: Harald Renz

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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This book provides a practical and secure guide through the complexity of Autoimmune Diagnostics and Diagnostic Pathways. It contains an overview of significant aspects of Autoimmune Diagnostics, a standard procedure for indirect immunofluorescence and describes all important autoimmune diseases in terms of their diagnostic. In step with actual practice the innovative concept of Diagnostic Pathways leads from symptoms through all steps and branches to diagnosis.

Includes diagnostic pathways
Practical guidance in diagnostics of all relevant autoimmune diseases
Standard operating procedure for Indirect Immune Fluorescence

Author / Editor information

Harald Renz, Hospital of the University Marburg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xi
1 General aspects of autoimmune diagnostics Hanns-Wolf Baenkler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2 Rheumatoid arthritis Rudolf Mierau and Ekkehard Genth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
3 Systemic lupus erythematosus Rudolf Mierau and Ekkehard Genth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
4 Consensus protocol for the detection of autoantibodies by indirect immunofluorescence technology on HEp-2 cells Philipp von Landenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
5 The antiphospholipid syndrome Philipp von Landenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
6 Inflammatory myopathies (polymyositis, dermatomyositis) Ekkehard Genth and Rudolf Mierau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
7 Systemic Sclerosis Ekkehard Genth and Rudolf Mierau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
8 Autoimmune blistering disorders Rüdiger Eming and Michael Hertl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
9 Autoimmune liver disease Stefan Lüth and Ansgar W. Lohse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
10 Autoimmunity in diabetes mellitus Peter Achenbach and Werner A. Scherbaum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
11 Autoimmune thyroid diseases Matthias Schott, Werner A. Scherbaum and Jochen Seissler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
12 Autoimmune primary adrenal insufficiency Matthias Schott and Jochen Seissler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
13 Inflammatory bowel disease Thomas Griga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
14 Celiac disease Thomas Griga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
15 Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes Matthias Schott and Jochen Seissler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

July 30, 2012

eBook ISBN:

9783110228656

Hardcover published on:

July 16, 2012

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110228649

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

12

Main content:

194

Coloured Illustrations:

36

Tables:

27

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110228656

eBook ISBN: 9783110228656

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110228649

Keywords for this book

Allergies; Autoimmune Diagnostics; Immune Mediated Disease

Audience(s) for this book

Clinical Chemists, Clinical Pathologists, Allergists

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Autoimmune Diagnostics

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