Lupus: Integrated Chinese and Western Diagnosis and Treatment

Author: Lu Junjian, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Lupus (LE) or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multidisciplinary disease and one of the refractory diseases. In recent years, with the advancement of basic immunological research on SLE and the understanding of its pathogenesis, the survival rate of SLE has significantly improved. The book consists of 25 chapters, including the understanding of lupus and similar diseases from both Chinese and Western medicine perspectives, the definition, classification, activity, and damage index of SLE, environmental influencing factors and epidemiology, new insights into the pathogenesis of SLE and the practical relevance to traditional Chinese medicine immunology theory, the clinical significance of antigen-antibody detection in SLE-like diseases, the pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of cutaneous lupus from both Chinese and Western medicine perspectives, the immune mechanisms of applying traditional Chinese medicine principles and methods in treating systemic lupus erythematosus, the immunopharmacology of Chinese medicine in combating systemic lupus erythematosus lesions, various Western medicine treatment principles and immunomodulatory drugs for systemic lupus erythematosus and their clinical application evaluation, the interactions of various Chinese and Western medicine combinations during SLE, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and lupus, lupus anticoagulant, and the treatment principles and drugs from both Chinese and Western medicine perspectives, other clinical laboratory abnormalities and early diagnostic clues in systemic lupus erythematosus, the systemic clinical manifestations and differential diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus from both Chinese and Western medicine perspectives, the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of various systemic-related diseases of systemic lupus erythematosus, the different systemic manifestations and differential diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus hepatitis and autoimmune hepatitis, drug-induced lupus, lupus renal damage, as well as various issues and other treatment methods during the onset of systemic lupus erythematosus. This book serves as a reference for clinical researchers in traditional Chinese medicine, integrated Chinese and Western medicine internal medicine, dermatology, and those specializing in lupus research.