Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology (Contemporary Endocrinology)

About this book
Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The text begins with three introductory chapters which provide sufficient information so that anyone, including those without a background in recent immunology, will be able to understand the developments in the field. The next and largest section of the book concerns autoimmune thyroid disease, and authors of these chapters take the reader through the basic epidemiology, genetic and environmental risk factors, immunopathogenesis, and the diagnostic and management aspect of the disease. The next section discusses Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In the final section, authors explain other autoimmune endocrinopathies, including Addison’s disease, premature ovarian failure, autoimmune hypophysitis, and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome types 1 and 2. Comprehensive and timely, Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology will become an essential reference for all endocrinologists and internal medicine practitioners working in this field.

Written for: Endocrinologists, internal medicine practitioners

Keywords:

• Diabetes
• Endocrinology
• Internal Medicine
• Rheumatology

Table of contents

Introductory chapters
1. Basic Mechanism of Autoimmunity, Sandy McLachlan PhD, Basil Rapoport MD, UCLA
2. Immunogenetic Factors in Autoimmunity, Steve Gough PhD, Birmingham, UK
3. Environmental Factors in Autoimmunity, Noel Rose MD, Baltimore

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
4. Animal Models of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease, Marian Ludgate PhD, Cardiff, Wales
5. Thyroid Autoantigens, Terry Davies MD, New York
6. Graves' Disease, Simon Pearce MD, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
7. Autoimmune Hypothyroidism, Aldo Pinchera MD, Pisa, Italy
8. Postpartum thyroiditis, Nobiyuki Amino MD, Osaka, Japan
9. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy and Dermopathy, Wilmar Wiersinga MD & Mark Prummel MD, Amsterdam

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
10. Islet Cell Autoantigens, Ake Lernmark MD, Seattle
11. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Jorgen Nerup, Gentofte, Denmark

Other Autoimmune Endocrinopathies
12. Addison's Disease, Corrado Betterle MD, Padua, Italy
13. Premature Ovarian Failure, Eduardo Charreau MD, Buenos Aires
14. Autoimmune Hypophysitis, Patricia Crock MD, Newcastle NSW, Australia
15. Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1, Olle Kampe MD, Uppsala, Sweden & Part Peterson PhD, Tampere, Finland
16. Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2, George Kahaly MD, Mainz, Germany