Title | Modern Therapeutics in Rheumatic Diseases [electronic resource] / edited by George C. Tsokos |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-239-5 |
Descript | XVI, 656 p. 42 illus. online resource |
I. Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 1 New Treatment Opportunities for Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 2 Genetic Influences on Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 3 Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 4 Additional Considerations on the Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs -- 5 Glucocorticoid Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 6 Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Agents -- 7 Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 8 Leflunomide: An Immunomodulatory Drug for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 9 Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors as Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 10 Combination Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) Therapy -- 11 Experimental Therapeutics for Rheumatoid Arthritis -- II. Osteoarthritis -- 12 Slow-Acting Drugs for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis -- 13 Intra-Articular Therapy in Osteoarthritis -- 14 Promoting Articular Cartilage Repair -- 15 Using Molecular Markers to Monitor Osteoarthritis -- 16 New Therapeutic Targets for Osteoarthritis: The Rewards of Research -- 17 Recent Developments in the Therapy of Osteoarthritis -- III. Systemic Autoimmune Diseases -- 18 Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- 19 Treatment of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome -- 20 Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Blocking T-Cell Costimulation -- 21 Current Management of Systemic Sclerosis -- 22 Sjรถgrenโs Syndrome -- 23 Mixed Connective Tissue Disease -- 24 Vasculitis -- 25 Treatment of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 26 Treatment of Inflammatory Myopathies -- 27 Psoriatic Arthritis -- 28 Complement Inhibitors in Rheumatic Diseases -- 29 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation of Autoimmune Disease -- IV. Gene Therapy in Rheumatic Diseases -- 30 Vectors for Gene Delivery -- 31 Gene Targeting of Cytokines and the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways in Human Rheumatoid Synovium Using the Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Mouse Model -- 32 Retroviral Transduction of Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells for Local Delivery of Regulatory Molecules -- 33 Gene Transfer to Lymphocytes Targeting Cartilaginous Collagen Type II -- 34 Gene Therapy in Murine Arthritis: Cytokine-Directed Targeting -- 35 Modulation of the IKB Kinase/Nuclear Factor-KB Pathway by Gene Therapy -- 36 Regulation of Apoptosis in Rheumatoid Synoviocytes -- 37 Gene Therapy for Arthritis: Conception, Consolidation, and Clinical Trial -- V. Other Rheumatic Disorders -- 38 Recent Advances in the Pharmacotherapy of Spondyloarthropathies -- 39 Modern Therapy of Crystal Arthropathies -- 40 Treatment of Musculoskeletal Infections