by SaraWalker (Editor), RonaldAsherson (Editor), LuisJ.Jara (Editor)
Evaluates the role of Steroids in autoimmune rheumatic diseases from the basic mechanisms to clinical involvements and focuses on the importance of steroidal hormones in the pathogenesis and therapeutical management of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. This book discusses the perturbations of the HPA axis as source of altered steroidal synthesis.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 340
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 12 May 2008
ISBN 10: 0444531726
ISBN 13: 9780444531728