Scope of the Series

This book series presents new concepts of pathogenesis, including genetic, epigenetic determinants and epidemiology of rheumatic diseases. It focuses on current classification criteria, recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases. The goal of the series is to explain various aspects of disorders associated with impaired immune response and autoimmunity processes. It also discusses risk factors associated with the development of autoimmune diseases, as well as latest discoveries and future perspectives of this extremely dynamic field of internal medicine - rheumatology.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Maria Maślińska*

*by Alpaslan Gokcimen*

Treatment

**Section 2**

**Preface III**

Interdisciplinary Aspects of Primary Sjogren's Syndrome **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 55**

IgG4 Related Diseases **71**

**Chapter 5 73**

**Chapter 6 93**

Sjögren's Syndrome as an Ocular Problem: Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis,

Laryngological and Dental Manifestations of Sjögren's Syndrome

IgG4-Related Disease and the Spectrum of Mimics in Rheumatology

Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Clinical Presentation and Therapy

Introductory Chapter: Autoimmune Epithelitis - Discussion about Sjögren's

Syndrome and Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Morphology of Salivary and Lacrimal Glands

*by Dorota Kopacz and Piotr Maciejewicz*

*by Bartłomiej Kamiński and Katarzyna Błochowiak*

*by Agata Sebastian, Piotr Donizy and Piotr Wiland*

*by Zoltán Berger Fleiszig and Carla Mancilla Asencio*
