Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology

Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The text begins with three introductory chapters which provide sufficient information so that anyone, including those without a background in recent immunology, will be able to understand the developments in the field. The next and largest section of the book concerns autoimmune thyroid disease, and authors of these chapters take the reader through the basic epidemiology, genetic and environmental risk factors, immunopathogenesis, and the diagnostic and management aspect of the disease. The next section discusses Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In the final section, authors explain other autoimmune endocrinopathies, including Addison’s disease, premature ovarian failure, autoimmune hypophysitis, and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome types 1 and 2. Comprehensive and timely, Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology will become an essential reference for all endocrinologists and internal medicine practitioners working in this field.
Table of contents
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Introductory chapters

1. Basic Mechanism of Autoimmunity

Sandy McLachlan PhD, Basil Rapoport MD, UCLA

2. Immunogenetic Factors in Autoimmunity

Steve Gough PhD, Birmingham, UK

3. Environmental Factors in Autoimmunity

Noel Rose MD, Baltimore

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

4. Animal Models of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

Marian Ludgate PhD, Cardiff, Wales

5. Thyroid Autoantigens

Terry Davies MD, New York

6. Graves' Disease

Simon Pearce MD, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

7. Autoimmune Hypothyroidism

Aldo Pinchera MD, Pisa, Italy

8. Postpartum thyroiditis

Nobiyuki Amino MD, Osaka, Japan

9. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy and Dermopathy

Wilmar Wiersinga MD & Mark Prummel MD, Amsterdam

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus


10. Islet Cell Autoantigens

Ake Lernmark MD, Seattle

11. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Jorgen Nerup, Gentofte, Denmark

Other Autoimmune Endocrinopathies

12. Addison's Disease

Corrado Betterle MD, Padua, Italy

13. Premature Ovarian Failure

Eduardo Charreau MD, Buenos Aires

14. Autoimmune Hypophysitis

Patricia Crock MD, Newcastle NSW, Australia

15. Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1

Olle Kampe MD, Uppsala, Sweden & Part Peterson PhD, Tampere, Finland

16. Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2

George Kahaly MD, Mainz, Germany.