Endocrine Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Volume 9

Publisher: Elsevier Science Number Of Pages: 340 Publication Date: 2008-06-18 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0444531726 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780444531728 Binding: Hardcover Product Description: This book is one of the first to evaluate the role of Steroids in autoimmune rheumatic diseases from the basic mechanisms to the clinical involvements and focuses on the importance of steroidal hormones in the pathogenesis and therapeutical management of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. In particular, the chapters analyze the mechanisms of action and the involvement of adrenal steroids (glucocorticoids) in the neuroendocrine immune system, including the effects on elderly. Download manyfest.rar