The autoimmune connection : essential information for women on diagnosis, treatment, and getting on with your life /
The Autoimmune Connection explains the links between autoimmune diseases and offers up-to-date information on diagnosis, treatments, and risks for women with one or more autoimmune disease, such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or Crohn's disease.
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New York :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Revised and updated edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: a new view of autoimmunity / Noel R. Rose, Director, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Autoimmune disease : facing our intimate enemy
- Those aching joints : rheumatoid arthritis
- The shadow of the wolf : systemic lupus erythematosus
- The elusive butterfly gland : thyroid disease
- The body snatchers : scleroderma and autoimmune skin disorders
- More than a dry spell : Sjögren's syndrome
- Vanishing hormones : type I diabetes, Addison's disease, primary ovarian insufficiency, and other endocrine problems
- Tough to digest : inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), celiac disease, and pernicious anemia
- An attack of nerves : multiple sclerosis
- Weak in the knees : myasthenia gravis
- A fury in the blood : antiphospholipid syndrome, immune thrombocytopenia, and vasculitis
- Assault on the liver : autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis
- Fellow travelers : fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, endometriosis, and interstitial cystitis
- Navigating the new medical maze.