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The lupus book / Daniel J. Wallace.

By: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.Description: x, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0195084438 (acidfree)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • QZ 194 W187 1995 W187 1995
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Contents:
Contents Part 1: Introduction and definitions 1.why write book on Lupus? 2.what is Lupus 3.The history of Lupus 4.Who gets Lupus? Part II: Inflammation and immunity 5.The body's protection plan 6.The enemy is our cells Part III: What causes lupus? 7. The genetic connection 8. Environmental Villains 9. Drugs that may cause Lupus or produce Flareups Part IV: Where and how can the body be affected by Lupus? 10. History, symptoms and signs 11. Must we draw blood? 12. Reactions of the skin: rashes and discoid lupus 13. Why the aches? Arthritis, muscles and bone 14. Pants and pulses: The lungs and heart 15. Heady connections: The nervous system and behavioural changes 16. The head, neck and sjogen's syndrome 17. What about hormones 18. The impact of lupus upon the GI Tract and liver 19. Lupus in the kidney and urinary tract 20. The blood and lymphatic systems 21. Do blood clots develop? 22. Lupus through the ages: Lupus in children and the elderly 23. Is it really lupus Part V: The management of lupus erythematosus 24. How to treat lupus with physical measures 25. You can help conquer lupus 26. Taming inflammation: anti-inflammatory therapies 27. Big guns and magic bullets: Disease-modifying drugs 28. Other options: Treatments occasionally used to treat lupus 29. Fighting infections, allergies and osteoporosis 30. Can a woman with Lupus have a baby? 31. What's the prognosis 32. Lupus in 2010: A medical odyssey
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Book Reference Book Reference Health Sciences Library QZ 194 W187 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan MBAL22010382

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-249) and index.

Contents

Part 1: Introduction and definitions
1.why write book on Lupus?
2.what is Lupus
3.The history of Lupus
4.Who gets Lupus?

Part II: Inflammation and immunity
5.The body's protection plan
6.The enemy is our cells

Part III: What causes lupus?
7. The genetic connection
8. Environmental Villains
9. Drugs that may cause Lupus or produce Flareups

Part IV: Where and how can the body be affected by Lupus?
10. History, symptoms and signs
11. Must we draw blood?
12. Reactions of the skin: rashes and discoid lupus
13. Why the aches? Arthritis, muscles and bone
14. Pants and pulses: The lungs and heart
15. Heady connections: The nervous system and behavioural changes
16. The head, neck and sjogen's syndrome
17. What about hormones
18. The impact of lupus upon the GI Tract and liver
19. Lupus in the kidney and urinary tract
20. The blood and lymphatic systems
21. Do blood clots develop?
22. Lupus through the ages: Lupus in children and the elderly
23. Is it really lupus

Part V: The management of lupus erythematosus
24. How to treat lupus with physical measures
25. You can help conquer lupus
26. Taming inflammation: anti-inflammatory therapies
27. Big guns and magic bullets: Disease-modifying drugs
28. Other options: Treatments occasionally used to treat lupus
29. Fighting infections, allergies and osteoporosis
30. Can a woman with Lupus have a baby?
31. What's the prognosis
32. Lupus in 2010: A medical odyssey

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