Contents (18 articles)

  • General features of systemic autoimmune diseases
  • The role of autoantibodies in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of autoimmune diseases
  • Raynaud’s syndrome (types, etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, therapy)
  • Undifferentiated connective tissue disease
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
  • Sjögren’s syndrome: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
  • Systemic sclerosis (symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, classification)
  • Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, classification)
  • Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
  • Large vessel vasculitides, Polymyalgia rheumatica (classification, pathomechanism, symptoms, treatment)
  • Medium vessel vasculitides (classification, pathomechanism, symptoms, treatment)
  • Small vessel vasculitides (classification, pathomechanism, symptoms, treatment)
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Primary immunodeficiencies in the adults
  • Secondary immunodeficiencies (with the exception of AIDS)
  • Steroid treatment (indications, dose of equivalence, mechanism of action, side effects, prevention)
  • Immunosuppressive/immunomodulant therapy (principles, products: methotrexate, azathioprine, cyclosporine-A, cyclophosphamide, high dose IVIG, side effects)
  • Biological treatment