Systemic Vasculitides: Current Status and Perspectives

Part I. Biology of Blood Vessels, Experimental Models and Nomenclature of Vasculitides

1. Morphofunctional Aspects of Endothelium
Domenico Ribatti

2. Animal Models of ANCA-Associated Vasculitides
Domenico Ribatti, Franco Dammacco

3. Nomenclature of Vasculitides: 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference
J. Charles Jennette, Ronald J. Falk, Marco A. Alba

4. Search for Autoantibodies in Systemic Vasculitis: Is It Useful?
Joice M. F. M. Belem, Bruna Savioli, Alexandre Wagner Silva Souza

5. Pathogenic Role of ANCA in Small Vessel Inflammation and Neutrophil Function
Giuseppe A. Ramirez, Angelo A. Manfredi

Part II. Primary Systemic Vasculitides

6. Takayasu Arteritis: When Rarity Maintains the Mystery
Enrico Tombetti, Elena Baldissera, Angelo A. Manfredi, Maria Grazia Sabbadini

7. Takayasu Arteritis and Ulcerative Colitis: A Frequent Association?
Chikashi Terao

8. Giant Cell Arteritis
Silvia Laura Bosello, Elisa Gremese, Angela Carbonella, Federico Parisi, Francesco Cianci, Gianfranco Ferraccioli

9. HLA System and Giant Cell Arteritis
F. David Carmona, Javier Martín

10. Microscopic Polyangiitis
Franco Dammacco, Angelo Vacca

11. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s)
Franco Dammacco, Sebastiano Cicco, Domenico Ribatti, Angelo Vacca

12. Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg-Straus Syndrome)
Renato Alberto Sinico, Paolo Bottero

13. ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and the Mechanisms of Tissue Injury
Adrian Schreiber, Mira Choi

14. Long-Term Outcome of ANCA-Associated Systemic Vasculitis
James Ritchie, Timothy Reynolds, Joanna C. Robson

15. Kawasaki Disease: Past, Present and Future
Fernanda Falcini, Gemma Lepri

16. Polyarteritis Nodosa
Nicolò Pipitone, Carlo Salvarani

17. Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
Michele Rossini, Annamaria Di Palma, Vito Racanelli, Francesco Dammacco, Loreto Gesualdo

18. IgA Vasculitis
Roberta Fenoglio, Dario Roccatello

19. Systemic Vasculitis and Pregnancy
Maria Grazia Lazzaroni, Micaela Fredi, Sonia Zatti, Andrea Lojacono, Angela Tincani

20. Behçet Disease
Rosaria Talarico, Stefano Bombardieri

21. Small Vessel Vasculitis of the Skin
Robert G. Micheletti

22. Adult Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis
Carlo Salvarani, Robert D. Brown, Caterina Giannini, Gene G. Hunder

23. Diagnosis and Therapy for Peripheral Vasculitic Neuropathy
Franz Blaes

24. Childhood Uveitis
Alice Brambilla, Rolando Cimaz, Gabriele Simonini

25. Cogan’s Syndrome
Rosanna Dammacco

26. Non-infectious Retinal Vasculitis
Shiri Shulman, Zohar Habot-Wilner

27. IgG4-Related Disease
Emanuel Della Torre

28. Urticarial Vasculitis. A Review of the Literature
Giulia Feo, Roberta Parente, Chiara Cardamone, Massimo Triggiani

Part III. Secondary Vasculitides

29. HCV-Related Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis: An Overview
Franco Dammacco, Sabino Russi, Domenico Sansonno

30. Vasculitis in Connective Tissue Diseases
Patrizia Leone, Sebastiano Cicco, Angelo Vacca, Franco Dammacco, Vito Racanelli

31. Buerger’s Disease (Thromboangiitis Obliterans)
Masayuki Sugimoto, Kimihio Komori

32. Cannabis-Associated Vasculitis
Anne Claire Desbois, Patrice Cacoub

Part IV. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances of Systemic Vasculitides

33. Imaging in Systemic Vasculitis
Mazen Abusamaan, Patrick Norton, Klaus Hagspiel, Aditya Sharma

34. Therapeutic Use of Biologic Agents in Systemic Vasculitides
John Anthonypillai, Julian L. Ambrus

35. Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitides
Loïc Guillevin

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