Description
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (often abbreviated to SLE or lupus) is a systemic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body, causing the immune system to attack the body's cells and tissue, and resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. This new addition to the Oxford Rheumatology Library series provides a practical approach to the assessment and management of patients with this complex, multisystem autoimmune disease to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and its complications. It provides comprehensive but easy to assimilate reading for consultant rheumatologists, dermatologists, nephrologists, obstetricians and other specialists and their trainees, interested GPs, specialist nurses, and clinical trial teams both in hospitals and contract research organizations.
About the Author
Caroline Gordon is a Professor in Rheumatology at the University of Birmingham and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She set up the Birmingham lupus cohort and has also been involved in the development of the BILAG disease activity index and the SLICC/ACR damage index. In 2009 Professor Gordon was appointed advisory expert to the ESF Research Networking Programme: The Identification of Novel Genes and Biomarkers for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (BIOLUPUS). David Isenberg is the Diamond Jubilee Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology at University College Hospital, London. He has been elected to Fellowships of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and is Chair of the British Isles Assessment Group and formerly the Chair (1998-2003) of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics group (SLICC). Professor Isenberg is the 2010 recipient of the Evelyn Hess Prize from the Lupus Foundation of America for his contribution to lupus research and treatment, and he chairs the Research Committee for Lupus UK and Division 5 of north London's local clinical trials network.
Reviews
This pocket-size volume on SLE is an essential tool for the practicing clinician. . . The layout is pleasing and each chapter has key points highlighted at the beginning. Chapters are easy to read with useful subheadings and plenty of tables and figures. * Dr. Vinod Ravindran, Indian Journal of Rheumatology *
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a small book that provides a comprehensive overview of the disease, from history and pathogenesis to treatment and management in special situations...it is a concise, easily read source for more information about SLE. * Jennifer Reynolds, The Journal of Rheumatology *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198739180
Author Caroline Gordon
Format Paperback
Page Count 156
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 9mm
About the Author
Caroline Gordon is a Professor in Rheumatology at the University of Birmingham and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She set up the Birmingham lupus cohort and has also been involved in the development of the BILAG disease activity index and the SLICC/ACR damage index. In 2009 Professor Gordon was appointed advisory expert to the ESF Research Networking Programme: The Identification of Novel Genes and Biomarkers for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (BIOLUPUS). David Isenberg is the Diamond Jubilee Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology at University College Hospital, London. He has been elected to Fellowships of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and is Chair of the British Isles Assessment Group and formerly the Chair (1998-2003) of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics group (SLICC). Professor Isenberg is the 2010 recipient of the Evelyn Hess Prize from the Lupus Foundation of America for his contribution to lupus research and treatment, and he chairs the Research Committee for Lupus UK and Division 5 of north London's local clinical trials network.
Reviews
This pocket-size volume on SLE is an essential tool for the practicing clinician. . . The layout is pleasing and each chapter has key points highlighted at the beginning. Chapters are easy to read with useful subheadings and plenty of tables and figures. * Dr. Vinod Ravindran, Indian Journal of Rheumatology *
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a small book that provides a comprehensive overview of the disease, from history and pathogenesis to treatment and management in special situations...it is a concise, easily read source for more information about SLE. * Jennifer Reynolds, The Journal of Rheumatology *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198739180
Author Caroline Gordon
Format Paperback
Page Count 156
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 9mm
