Autoimmune Diseases of the Skin (eBook)

Contents: • Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Disease (Martin Röcken, Tilo Biedermann).- • Epidemiology of Autoimmune Skin Disorders (Berthold Rzany, Niels Weller).- • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Disorders: Pemphigus (Michael Hertl); Bullous Pemphigoid: Clinical Features, Diagnostic Markers and Immunopathogenic Mechanisms (Emmanuel Laffitte, Luca Borradori); Dermatitis Herpetiformis Duhring (Christian Rose, Detlef Zillikens); Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita (Mei Chen, Dafna Hallel-Halevy, Celina Nadelman, David T. Woodley).- • Scleroderma: Localized Scleroderma (Catherine H. Orteu, Jan P. Dutz); Progressive Systemic Scleroderma (Nicolas Hunzelmann, Thomas Krieg).- • Lupus Erythematosus: Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (Michael Sticherling); Subacute Cutaneous and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Donna M. Pellowski, Jane S. Kihslinger, Richard D. Sontheimer).- • Dermatomyositis (Jeffrey P. Callen).- • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (Reiji Kasukawa).- • Sjogren's Syndrome (Robert I. Fox, Ichiro Saito).- • Psoriasis Vulgaris and Arthropathica (Jörg Christoph Prinz).- • Chronic Urticaria as a New Autoimmune Disease? (Michihiro Hide, Malcolm W. Greaves).- • Lichen Planus, Lichenoid Eruptions and Cutaneous Graft-Versus-Host-Reaction (Miklós Simon Jr.).- • Small Vessel Vasculitides (Peter Lamprecht, Wolfgang L. Gross).- • Vitiligo (Karin Schallreuther).- • Alopecia areata (Pia Freyschmidt-Paul, Kevin McElwee, Rolf Hoffmann).- • Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Autoimmune Skin Disorders (Sybille Thoma-Uszynski, Rüdiger Eming)