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Publication series :Volume 12
Author: Cervera R.;Cervera Ricard;Asherson Ronald
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication year: 2009
E-ISBN: 9780080932347
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780444531698
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780444531698
Subject: R392 medical immunology
Language: ENG
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Description
Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease that causes abnormal blood clots. It is now recognized as a major cause of common conditions, including stroke, heart attack, miscarriage, epilepsy and memory loss and as such is gaining recognition in all branches of medicine, from obstetrics to cardiology, from psychiatry to orthopedics.
This book provides an overview of our current understanding of this major disease. It includes the latest information on the new pathogenetic mechanisms involved as well as clinical manifestations in both “the thrombotic and “non-thrombotic manifestations of this important disease.
* Comprehensive review of this major disease
* Includes information on treatment options available
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