"Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasculitis" ed. by Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra

This book represents the culmination of the efforts of a group of outstanding experts in vasculitis from all over the world, who have endeavored to draw themselves into this volume by keeping both the text and the accompanying figures and tables lucid and memorable.

The book provides practical information about the screening approach to vasculitis by laboratory analysis, histopathology and advanced image techniques, current standard treatment along with new and more specific interventions including biologic agents, reparative surgery and experimental therapies, as well as miscellaneous issues such as the extra temporal manifestations of "temporal arteritis" or the diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndrome.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Diagnostic Approaches in Vasculitis
1 ANCA Diagnostics in Clinical Practice: New Developments
2 Histopathology of Cutaneous Vasculitis
3 FDG-PET in Large Vessel Vasculitis
Part 2 .Advances in the treatment of vasculitis
4 Treatment of Different Types of Vasculitis
5 Treatment of ANCA - Associated Vasculitis
6 Biologic Agents for the Treatment of Systemic Vasculitis
7 The Role of Biological Therapies in the Management of Systemic Vasculitis
8 Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Primary Vasculitides
9 Immunopathogenesis Based Adamantiades- Behcet Disease Vasculitis Treatment
10 Bypass for the Treatment of Vasculitis Affecting the Central Nervous System
11 Therapeutic Vascular Angiogenesis for Vasculitis Related Peripheral Artery Disease
12 Oral Delivery of DNA Vector Conjugated with Chitosan and Its Effect on Thl Polarized Inflammation
Part 3 .Miscellaneous overviews in vasculitis
13 Churg Strauss Syndrome: Clinical and Pathogenetic Approach to Therapy
14 Diagnosis and Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis) - Past, Current and Future Aspects
15 "Extra-Cranial" Manifestations of Giant Cell Arteritis
16 Large Giant Cell Arteritis with Eye Involvement
17 Kawasaki Disease in a Tertiary Pediatric Referral Center in Athens, Greece and Review of the Literature
18 Neurological Manifestations in Behcet Disease