Description
Chapters will include sub-specialities of the immune system as well as treatments and sequels common to many of the autoinflammatory diseases
In depth understanding of the currently available and potential future treatments will be presented by the authors
Author: Philip J. Hashkes
Publisher: Springer
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 820
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 4.90lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.40w x 1.80d
ISBN13: 9783319986043
ISBN10: 331998604X
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Rheumatology
- Medical | Pediatrics
- Medical | Immunology
About the Author
Philip J. Hashkes, MD, MSc
Philip Hashkes is currently Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel and is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He specializes in patients with autoinflammatory disorders, particularly familial Mediterranean fever, and used to work in the United States in partnership with the Autoinflammatory Clinic at the National Institutes of Health.
Ronald M. Laxer, MDCM, FRCPC
Dr. Laxer is a pediatric rheumatologist who for the last 10 years has run a specialized program in autoinflammatory diseases for both children and adults in Toronto. He is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a Staff Rheumatologist at The Hospital for Sick Children. He is also a member of the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, and Project Director at the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Anna Simon, MD, PhD, FRCP(Edin)
Anna Simon works as an internist, specializing in patients with autoinflammatory disorders, and is an Associate Professor of Autoinflammation at the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She is the head of the Radboudumc Expertise Center for Immunodeficiency and Autoinflammation.