Chapter 6 Overview of the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Sandeep Krishnan, MD, PhD , Bhabadeb Chowdhury, PhD , Yuang-Taung Juang, MD, PhD , George C. Tsokos, MD INTRODUCTION Systemic…
Chapter 22B Antibodies and their Antigenic Targets in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome Bill Giannakopoulos, MB, BS, FRACP , Xiaokai Yan, PhD , Steven A. Krilis, MB, BS, PhD INTRODUCTION The antiphospholipid…
Chapter 7 The Environment in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Amr H. Sawalha, MD , Bruce C. Richardson, MD, PhD INTRODUCTION Human lupus is a chronic relapsing autoimmune disease…
Chapter 11 B-cells in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Stamatis-Nick C. Liossis, MD , George C. Tsokos, MD Among the numerous immunologic abnormalities encountered in patients with SLE, the most striking…
Chapter 3 Disease Development and Outcome Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH , Dafna Gladman, MD NATURAL HISTORY Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been recognized as a disease of exacerbations and remission…
Chapter 12 Cytokines in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Violeta Rus, MD , Charles S. Via, MD INTRODUCTION Systemic lupus erythematosus is characterized by a loss of tolerance to nuclear antigens and…
Chapter 5 Biomarkers of Disease Activity Larissa Lapteva, MD , Gabor G. Illei, MD INTRODUCTION Systemic lupus erythematosus has a characteristically waxing and waning course that can range in severity…
Chapter 2 Assessment of Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Marta Mosca, MD , Joan T. Merrill, MD , Stefano Bombardieri, MD Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease…
19 An Overview of the Therapeutic Application of Moxibustion Like yin and yang, the Chinese characters for acupuncture and moxibustion are inextricably linked together in the image of needles and…
IV Specialized Use of Points 22 Multiple Uses of Auricular Points 23 The Ancient Use of ST-36 (Zu San Li) with Different Needle Techniques and Point Combinations 128 24 GV-14…
