Overview
- Thoroughly updated and expanded second edition
- Written by experts in this field
- Provides updated terminology, including recently-identified entities
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Pathology (CCPATH)
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Diagnosis
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Ancillary Studies of Amyloidosis
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Organ Involvement in Amyloidoses
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About this book
The second edition of this text presents an overview of the most recent developments in this area including clinical presentation, etiology, pathogenesis, and differential diagnosis. The rationale for various therapies, including transplantation, is discussed and tissue diagnosis (its pitfalls and strategies for avoiding them) and laboratory support are included. The involvement of all major organ systems including renal/genitourinary, cardiac, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, peripheral nerve/central nervous system, soft tissue, skin, lymph node/spleen and bone marrow pathology is also covered.
Amyloid and Related Disorders, Second Edition will be invaluable to specialized and general pathologists as well as cytopathologists. Other medical professionals may also benefit from this concise update on the systemic amyloidoses.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Maria M. Picken, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Director of Surgical Pathology
Past President Renal Pathology Society
Loyola University Medical Center
Department of Pathology
2160 South First Avenue, Building 110, Room 2242
Maywood, IL
USA
Guillermo A. Herrera, M.D.
Albert G. And Harriet G. Smith Professor and Chair
LSU Health Shreveport
Department of Pathology
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LAÂ
USA
Ahmet Dogan, MD, PhD
Chief, Hematopathology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1275 York Avenue
New York, NYÂ
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Amyloid and Related Disorders
Book Subtitle: Surgical Pathology and Clinical Correlations
Editors: Maria M. Picken, Guillermo A. Herrera, Ahmet Dogan
Series Title: Current Clinical Pathology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19294-9
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19293-2Published: 27 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34246-7Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19294-9Published: 17 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2197-781X
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7828
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIX, 542
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 345 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pathology, Nephrology, Oncology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Finance, Business & Banking, Health & Hospitals, Pharma