This volume of the Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases series represents a medical collaboration focusing primarily on female aspects of rheumatic diseases. This collaboration recognizes the need to understand and optimally manage the care of women with autoimmune conditions that may affect their reproduction and hormonal status. This handbook will prove useful to clinicians and researchers alike. It covers practical points, ranging from which anti-rheumatic medications are safe in pregnancy to how to counsel women with scleroderma contemplating pregnancy.

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Vascular Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases provides answe rs to all these questions. Dr. Ronald Asherson, Dr. Richard Cervera, a nd Dr. Douglas Triplett- all international experts in the field-have a ssembled a collection of works that provide a comprehensive analysis o f vascular irregularities. Now that most individuals survive the onset of acute systemic autoimmune diseases and live for decades more, halt ing the long-term attack on vasculature is increasingly important. Vas cular Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases not only describe s the clinical symptoms of...