This volume provides an overview and a survey of new discoveries in the broad spectrum of cutaneous autoimmune disorders, for clinicians, scientists and practitioners in dermatology, medicine, rheumatology, ENT, pediatrics and ophthalmology. The book is intended to broaden understanding of the pathophysiology of cutaneous autoimmune disorders and to provide a practical guide to identifying and treating these conditions. The book is illustrated with many tables, illustrative figures and clinical color photographs. The second edition has includes new chapters on autoimmune pigmentary disorders (vitiligo), hair loss (alopecia areata) and cutaneous symptoms of rheumatic disorders.

1. Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Disease Martin Röcken, Tilo Biedermann
2. Autoantibody Detection Using Indirect Immunofluorescence on HEp-2 Cells Philipp von Landenberg
3. Autoimmune Bullous Skin Disorders: Pemphigus Michael Hertl and Rüdiger Eming. Bullous Pemphigoid: Clinical features, diagnostic markers, and immunopathogenic mechanisms Giovanni Di Zenzo, Emmanuel Laffitte, Giovanna Zambruno and Luca Borradori. Dermatitis Herpetiformis Duhring Christian Rose and Detlef Zillikens. Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita Gene Kim, Mei Chen, Dafna Hallel-Halevy, and David T. Woodley
4. Scleroderma: Localized Scleroderma Dr. Cristián Vera Kellet, Dr. Catherine H. Orteu, and Dr. Jan P. Dutz. Progressive Systemic Scleroderm Nicolas Hunzelmann and Thomas Krieg
5. Lupus Erythematosus: Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Michael Sticherling. Subacute Cutaneous and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Donna M. Pellowski, Jane E. Kihslinger, and Richard D. Sontheimer
6. Dermatomyositis Ruth Ann Vleugels and Jeffrey P. Callen
7. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Reiji Kasukawa
8. Sjögren's Syndrome Robert I. Fox and Carla M. Fox
9. Psoriasis Vulgaris and Arthopathica Arnd Jacobi and Jörg Christoph Prinz
10. Chronic Urticaria as an Autoimmune Disease Clive Grattan, Michihiro Hide, and Malcolm W. Greaves
11. Lichen Planus, Lichenoid Eruptions and Cutaneous Graft-Versus-Host-Reaction Miklós Simon Jr.
12. Small Vessel Vasculitides Peter Lamprecht and Wolfgang L. Gross
13. Skin Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases Camille Francès and Nicolas Kluger
14. Vitiligo Karin U. Schallreuter
15. Alopecia areata Pia Freyschmidt-Paul, Kevin McElwee, and Rolf Hoffmann
16. Autoimmune phenomena in atopic dermatitis Caroline Bussmann and Natalija Novak
17. Eosinophils in autoimmune bullous diseases Dagmar Simon and Hans-Uwe Simon
18. Paraneoplastic syndromes of the skin Peter Fritsch
19. Targeted Therapies in Autoimmune 19 and Inflammatory Skin Disorders Rüdiger Eming and Ingo H. Tarner