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This monograph offers current insights into polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. Both diseases are typical for advanced age and their incidences increase with aging. Early diagnosis and rapid treatment can save one of the most precious senses - our vision. This book provides an overview on the pathophysiology, their genetic, immunologic, endocrinologic mechanism of these diseases, but most important it deals with state-of-the-art diagnosis and current treatment in elderly with the attempt to diagnose and treat these rheumatic diseases even faster and more effectively in the future.
| ISBN | 3211993584 | | Pages | 104 | | ISBN13 | 9783211993583
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 340 | | Publisher | Springer Verlag GmbH | | Published in | Vienna | | Imprint | Springer Verlag GmbH | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 155 | | Publication date | 01 Feb 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 616.723 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| 1 | | Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis-an overview with a focus on important factors contributing to the severity of the disease by Juraj Duda | | 1 | | 2 | | Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Temporal Arteritis and Occurrence of Malignant Tumors by Alena Tuchynova | | 15 | | 3 | | Coronary involvement and atherosclerosis in Giant Cell Arteritis by Alena Tuchynova | | 21 | | 4 | | T cells and their role in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis by Jozef Rovensky | | 25 | | 5 | | Cytokines in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis by Richard Imrich | | 31 | | 6 | | Genetic factors in Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica by Vladimir Bosak | | 33 | | 7 | | Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and vascular complications by Jozef Rovensky | | 37 | | 8 | | Chronobiology of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis by Howard Bird | | 49 | | 9 | | Histopathology of Giant Cell (temporal) Arteritis - changes in aorta by Jozef Rovensky | | 55 | | 10 | | Ultrasonography in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and/or Giant Cell Arteritis by Jozef Rovensky | | 63 | | 11 | | Therapy of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis by Richard Imrich | | 67 | | 12 | | Diagnostic Criteria, Treatment, and Monitoring of Polymyalgia Rheumatica/Giant Cell Arteritis by Bernhard Rintelen | | 71 | | | | Figures | | 83 |
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