Disease-modifying therapy in vasculitides /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kallenberg, Cornelis Gijsbertus Maria, Tervaert, Jan W. Cohen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Birkhauser Verlag, Basel ; ©2001.
Series:PIR (Series)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Systemic vasculitides, an introduction
  • Standard therapeutic regimens for vasculitis
  • Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibition in the treatment of vasculitis
  • Methotrexate as an alternative to classic immunosuppressive therapies
  • Intravenous immunoglobulin as immuno-modifying treatment
  • T-cell directed treatment: anti-thymocyte globulin
  • New immunosuppressants: mycophenolate mofetil and 15-deoxyspergualin
  • Interferon-α for the treatment of virus-related systemic vasculitides
  • Autologous stem cell therapy for systemic vasculitis
  • Prevention of relapsing disease in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody related necrotizing small-vessel vasculitis: the role for autoantibody guided and anti-bacterial treatment.