Autoimmune Diseases of the Skin

Autoimmune disorders of the skin remain an enigma for many clinicians and scientists not familiar with these mostly severe and chronic diseases. The book provides an overview and the latest information on the broad spectrum of cutaneous autoimmune disorders for clinicians, scientists and practitioners in dermatology, medicine, rheumatology, ENT, pediatrics and ophthalmology. The book is unique since it presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on pathophysiology, clinical diagnosis and management of these disorders provided by the world experts in the field. The primary intention is to broaden the understanding of the pathophysiology of cutaneous autoimmune disorders and to provide a practical guide to how to identify and handle these conditions. The book is illustrated with many tables, illustrative figures and clinical color photographs. The third edition has been thoroughly updated and extended by chapters on paraneoplastic cutaneous syndromes, atopic dermatitis and autoimmunity and Skin manifestations of rheumatic diseases. Contents Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Disease (Martin Röcken, Tilo Biedermann).- Epidemiology of Autoimmune Skin Disorders (Berthold Rzany, Niels Weller).- Autoimmune Bullous Skin Disorders: Pemphigus (Michael Hertl); Bullous Pemphigoid: Clinical Features, Diagnostic Markers and Immunopathogenic Mechanisms (Emmanuel Laffitte, Luca Borradori); Dermatitis Herpetiformis Duhring (Christian Rose, Detlef Zillikens); Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita (Mei Chen, Dafna Hallel-Halevy, Celina Nadelman, David T. Woodley).- Scleroderma: Localized Scleroderma (Catherine H. Orteu, Jan P. Dutz); Progressive Systemic Scleroderma (Nicolas Hunzelmann, Thomas Krieg).- Lupus Erythematosus: Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (Michael Sticherling); Subacute Cutaneous and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Donna M. Pellowski, Jane S. Kihslinger, Richard D. Sontheimer).- Dermatomyositis (Jeffrey P. Callen).- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (Reiji Kasukawa).- Sjogren's Syndrome (Robert I. Fox, Ichiro Saito).- Psoriasis Vulgaris and Arthropathica (Jörg Christoph Prinz).- Chronic Urticaria as a New Autoimmune Disease? (Michihiro Hide, Malcolm W. Greaves).- Lichen Planus, Lichenoid Eruptions and Cutaneous Graft-Versus-Host-Reaction (Miklós Simon Jr.).- Small Vessel Vasculitides (Peter Lamprecht, Wolfgang L. Gross).- Vitiligo (Karin Schallreuther).- Alopecia areata (Pia Freyschmidt-Paul, Kevin McElwee, Rolf Hoffmann).- Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Autoimmune Skin Disorders (Sybille Thoma-Uszynski, Rüdiger Eming).