Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasculitis. Open Access Book

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Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasculitis

Edited by Lazaros I. Sakkas and Christina Katsiari, ISBN 978-953-51-1008-8, Hard cover, 274 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published February 20, 2013 under CC BY 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/46068

Vasculitis, an inflammation of blood vessels, can be idiopathic or secondary to other conditions. Infections may also mimic idiopathic vasculitis, and the differential diagnosis is of paramount importance for the practicing physician. Vasculitides are not rare diseases. In fact, some vasculitides, such as giant cell arteritis, cutaneous vasculitis, and ANCA-associated vasculitis are relatively common in everyday practice. Vasculitis may rapidly lead to organ failure, and put patient's life in danger. Therefore, physicians of different specialties should diagnose vasculitis early, because early institution of treatment is crucial for the favorable outcome. In recent years progress has been made in the pathophysiology and treatment of vasculitis. This book reflects all new advances in pathogenetic mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of different types of vasculitis. The international panel of authors helps in achieving a balanced view on different aspects of vasculitis.

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• Chapter 1  History, Classification and Pathophysiology of Small Vessel Vasculitisby Mohamed Abdgawad
• Chapter 2  The Pathogenesis of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Renal Vasculitisby Sharon Lee Ford, Stephen Roger Holdsworth and Shaun Andrew Summers
• Chapter 3  Immunological Mechanisms and Clinical Aspects in Pulmonary- Renal Syndrome: A Reviewby N. Lukán
• Chapter 4  Immunopathophysiology of Large Vessel Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis — Implications on Disease Phenotype and Response to Treatmentby Panagiota Boura, Konstantinos Tselios, Ioannis Gkougkourelas and Alexandros Sarantopoulos
• Chapter 5  Giant Cell Arteritis and Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathiesby Dragos Catalin Jianu and Silviana Nina Jianu
• Chapter 6  Infectious Causes of Vasculitisby Jacques Choucair
• Chapter 7  Vasculitis and Vasculopathy in Rheumatic Diseasesby Mislav Radić and Josipa Radic
• Chapter 8  Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in Adultsby Aurore Fifi-Mah and Cheryl Barnabe
• Chapter 9  Treatment of ANCA-Negative Small Vessel Vasculitisby Christina G. Katsiari, Theodora Simopoulou and Lazaros I. Sakkas
• Chapter 10  Recent Advances in the Management of Refractory Vasculitisby Reem Hamdy A. Mohammed