Title: Rheumatology and the kidney /
Authors: Adu, Dwomoa.; Emery, Paul.; Madaio, Michael P.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Rheumatic Diseases complications; Lupus Nephritis; Kidney Diseases complications; Renal manifestations of general diseases.; Rheumatism Complications.; Lupus nephritis.; Autoimmune diseases; Nephrotoxicology.
Contents: Clinical presentation and assessment of disease activity in lupus nephritis -- Lupus nephritis: histopathology -- Lupus nephritis: complement in lupus -- Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis -- Evidence-based treatment of lupus nephritis -- Role of biologicals in the treatment of lupus nephritis -- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in pregnancy -- Renal involvement in the anti-phospholipid syndrome -- Vasculitis classification -- Immunopathogenesis of vasculitis -- Pathology of vasculitis: Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, renal limited vasculitis, and Churg-Strauss syndrome -- Assessment of disease activity and damage in the ANCA-associated systemic vasculitides -- Clinical presentation and traemtent of renal vasculitis -- Polyarteritis nodosa: clinical characteristics, outcome, and treatment -- Vasculitis (ANCA negative): Henoch-Schönlein purpura -- Takayasu arteritis -- Systemic sclerosis: immunopathogenesis -- Amyloidosis: immunopathogenesis and diagnosis -- Amyloidosis: rhematic disease and amyloid: clinical features and treatment -- Primary amyloidosis (AL) -- Light-chain and heavy-chain deposition diseases -- Hepatitis C virus-associated mixed cryoglobulinaemia -- Hepatitis B-associated renal diseases -- Rheumatic complications of HIV infection -- Renal complications of HIV infection -- NSAID nephrotoxicity -- Nephrotoxicity of drugs used in rheumatology: analgesic nephropathy -- Renal toxicity of anti-rheumatic drugs -- Rheumatological diseases associated with interstitial nephritis -- Management of gout in the patient with renal disease -- Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis -- Rheumatological complications of renal disease and transplantation.