Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

✍ Scribed by Marinos C. Dalakas (Eds.)

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Leaves: 340
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A review of the inflamatory myopathies that comprise polymyositis and dermatomysitis. The book takes a practical approach and covers clinical features and diagnostic tests and a team of contributors reviews how best to diagnose and manage this potentially fatal disease. Written with a practical emphasis, the book gives the classification of polymyositis and dermatomyositis and details of the clinical presentation, advances in the dermatomyositis and viral aetology of polymyositis and dermatomyositis together with a discussion of the use of animal models in understanding the basic mechanism of muscle fibre injury, comprising of the various diagnostic techniques available (including the interpretation of muscle biopsies and the EMG) and the available therapeutic options together with a discussion of rehabilitation programmes

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributing Authors, Pages v-vi
Preface, Pages ix-xi, M.C.D.
1 - A Classification of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pages 1-16, MARINOS C. DALAKAS
2 - Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pages 19-36, ANTHONY BOHAN
3 - Association of Inflammatory Myopathies with Other Connective Tissue Disorders and Malignancies, Pages 37-69, NEIL L. ROSENBERG, MICHAEL R. CARRY, STEVEN P. RINGEL
4 - Inflammatory Myopathies of Childhood, Pages 71-81, GERALD M. FENICHEL
5 - Immunopathology of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pages 85-96, R.L. DAWKINS, M.J. GARLEPP
6 - Viral Etiology of Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis, Pages 97-120, A.M. DENMAN
7 - Inclusion Body Myositis, Pages 121-131, JUDITH A. SAWCHAK, ROGER W. KULA
8 - Animal Models of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pages 133-154, BYRON A. KAKULAS
9 - Histopathology of the Inflammatory Myopathies, Pages 157-164,164a,164b,165-194, TULIO E. BERTORINI
10 - Resin Histology and Electron Microscopy in Inflammatory Myopathies, Pages 195-215, STIRLING CARPENTER
11 - Electromyography in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis (PM/DM), Pages 217-234, TULIO E. BERTORINI
12 - Treatment of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis with Corticosteroids: A First Therapeutic Approach, Pages 235-253, MARINOS C. DALAKAS
13 - Nonsteroidal Immunosuppressive Therapy in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pages 255-279, ROGER W. KULA
14 - Total Body Irradiation in the Treatment of Intractable Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pages 281-291, MARINOS C. DALAKAS, W. KING ENGEL
15 - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Management of Patients with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pages 293-317, JEANNE E. HICKS
16 - Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Pages 319-324, MARINOS C. DALAKAS
17 - Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: An Overview, Pages 327-336, MARINOS C. DALAKAS
Index, Pages 337-347

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