Autoimmune Endocrinopathies

Buch | Softcover

434 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-4757-4572-6 (ISBN)

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Dr. Robert Volpe and his distinguished contributors comprehensively review the latest thinking about the theoretical, experimental, and clinical aspects of autoimmune endocrine disorders. These world-renowned experts examine the pathogenesis and immunogenetics of these diseases, discuss the role of sex hormones in autoimmunity, and elucidate the nature of autoantigens. They also provide clinical detail on a wide variety of autoimmune endocrinopathies, including autoimmune thyroid disease, Graves' ophthalmopathy and dermopathy, human insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and autoimmune adrenocortical failure. Postpartum autoimmune endocrine syndromes, autoimmune hypophysitis, and the polyglandular autoimmune syndromes are also discussed in detail. Comprehensive and authoritative, Autoimmune Endocrinopathies provides today's most up-to-date understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of autoimmune endocrine diseases.

1 Normal Mechanisms for Self-Tolerance.- 2 Immunoregulation in Experimental Autoimmune Endocrine Disease.- 3 The Genetic Susceptibility to Type 1 (Insulin-Dependent) Diabetes Mellitus and the Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases: From Epidemiological Observations to Gene Mapping.- 4 Experimental Models for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: Recent Developments.- 5 Animal Models for Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.- 6 The Epidemiology of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.- 7 Sex Hormones and Immune Responses.- 8 Autoantigens in the Autoimmune Endocrinopathies.- 9 The Immunology of Human Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.- 10 Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy and Dermopathy.- 11 Postpartum Autoimmune Endocrine Syndromes.- 12 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Human Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.- 13 Autoimmune Adrenocortical Failure.- 14 Autoimmune Hypophysitis.- 15 The Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndromes.- 16 Autoimmune Endocrinopathies in Female Reproductive Dysfunction.- 17 Immunotherapy and Prevention of Autoimmune Endocrinopathies.

Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Endocrinology ; 15
Zusatzinfo	16 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 434 p. 16 illus.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
ISBN-10	1-4757-4572-9 / 1475745729
ISBN-13	978-1-4757-4572-6 / 9781475745726
Zustand	Neuware