Amyloidosis: Diagnosis and Treatment

ISBN-13: 9781617796920 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 238 str.

Morie A. Gertz; S. Vincent Rajkumar

Opis

An up-to-date reference on this fascinating set of complex disorders, this book features the most comprehensive strategies for diagnosing, classifying, imaging, treating, and managing amyloidosis in multiple organ systems. Beneficial to the spectrum of practitioners from residents to sub-specialists, this book is a succinct authoritative text written by leaders in the field. The authors provide instruction on all forms of amyloidosis - including primary amyloidosis (AL), secondary amyloidosis (AA), and familial amyloidosis. With essential treatment algorithms, Amyloidosis: Diagnosis and Treatment is the gold-standard for all hematologists, oncologists, and internists caring for patients with this complex disease.

Spis treści

1. Fibril structure and fibrillogenesis – 2. Etiology and pathogenesis of amyloidosis – 3. Diagnosis and classification – 4. Imaging and amyloidosis – 5. Supportive care in amyloidosis including organ transplantation – 6. Assessing response and prognosis in amyloidosis – 7. Localized amyloidosis – 8. Cardiac amyloidosis – 9. Renal amyloidosis – 10. Amyloid neuropathy – 11. Conventional treatment of amyloidosis: decision tree and approach to therapy – 12. High dose therapy in amyloidosis – 13. Secondary amyloidosis – 14. Familial amyloidosis – 15. Other systemic forms of amyloidosis

Blurb

An up-to-date reference on this fascinating set of complex disorders, this book features the most comprehensive strategies for diagnosing, classifying, imaging, treating, and managing amyloidosis in multiple organ systems. Beneficial to the spectrum of practitioners from residents to sub-specialists, this book is a succinct authoritative text written by leaders in the field. The authors provide instruction on all forms of amyloidosis - including primary amyloidosis (AL), secondary amyloidosis (AA), and familial amyloidosis. With essential treatment algorithms, Amyloidosis: Diagnosis and Treatment is the gold-standard for all hematologists, oncologists, and internists caring for patients with this disease.