Main description:

Since publication of the 4th Edition of The Autoimmune Diseases in 2006, the understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying autoimmunity and autoimmune disease has significantly deepened and broadened. This fully revised 5th Edition incorporates new material and combines common themes underlying inductive and effector mechanisms and therapies that relate generally to the autoimmune disorders. It discusses the biological basis of disease at genetic, molecular, cellular, and epidemiologic levels and includes expanded coverage of autoinflammatory disease and autoimmune responses to tumors.

Contents:

Part I. Immunologic Basis of Autoimmunity

Part II A.Immune Cells and Immune Responses

Part II B. Non-Antigen-Specific Recognition

Part III. Initiation of Autoimmunity

Part IV. Facilitation of Autoimmunity

Part V. Experimental Models of Autoimmunity

Part VI. Multisystem Autoimmune Diseases

Part VII. Endocrine System

Part VIII. Blood Disorders

Part IX. Central and Peripheral Nervous System

Part X. Gastrointestinal System

Part XI. Skin Diseases

Part XII. Nephropathies and Reproductive System

Part XIII. Cardiovascular System and Lungs

Part XIV. Unclassified Expressions of Autoimmunity

Part XV. Diagnosis, Prevention and Therapy