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Primer on the rheumatic diseases / edited by John H. Klippel, John H. Stone, Leslie J. Crofford, Patience H. White.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Springer, ©2008.Edition: 13th edDescription: xix, 721 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • onlineresources
ISBN:
  • 9780387356648
  • 0387356649
  • 9780387685663
  • 0387685669
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.7/23 22
LOC classification:
  • RC927 .P67 2008
NLM classification:
  • 2008 C-560
  • WE 344
Online resources:
Contents:
Public health and arthritis : a growing imperative / Patience H. White and Rowland W. Chang -- Evaluation of the patient -- Musculoskeletal signs and symptoms -- Molecular and cellular basis of immunity and immunological diseases / Kevin Elias, Richard Siegel, and John J. O'Shea -- Genetics and disease / James Kelley and Robert P. Kimberly -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis -- Psoriatic arthritis -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Reactive and enteropathic arthrits / Robert D. Inman -- Osteoarthritis -- Gout.
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate, hydroxyapatite, and miscellaneous crystals / Geraldine McCarthy -- Infectious disorders -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Antiphospholipid syndrome / Michelle Petri -- Systemic sclerosis -- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies -- Metabolic myopathies / Alan N. Baer -- Sjögren's syndrome / Troy Daniels -- Vasculitides -- Relapsing polychondritis / Harvinder S. Luthra -- Adult-onset Still's disease / John M. Esdaile -- Periodic syndromes / John G. Ryan and Daniel L. Kastner -- Less common arthropathies -- Complex regional pain syndrome / Geoffrey Littlejohn.
Sarcoidosis / Edward S. Chen -- Storage and deposition diseases / Duncan A. Gordon -- The amloidoses / Pasha Sarraf and Jonathan Kay -- Neoplasms of the joint / Andrew J. Cooper, James D. Reeves, and Sean P. Scully -- Heritable disorders of connective tissue / Reed Edwin Pyeritz -- Bone and joint dysplasias / William A. Horton -- Osteonecrosis / Thorsten M. Seyler, David Marker, and Michael A. Mont -- Paget's disease of bone / Roy D. Altman -- Osteoporosis -- Rehabilitation of patients with rheumatic diseases / Thomas D. Beardmore -- Psychosocial factors in arthritis / Alex Zautra and Denise Kruszewski.
Self-management strategies / Teresa J. Brady -- Pain management / John B. Winfield -- Therapeutic injections of joints and soft tissues / Juan J. Canoso -- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs / Leslie J. Crofford -- Glucocorticoids / Frank Buttgereit and Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester -- Operative treatment of arthritis / Joseph A. Buckwalter and W. Timothy Ballard -- Complementary and alternative therapies / Erin L. Arnold and William J. Arnold -- Criteria for the classification and diagnosis of the rheumatic diseases -- Guidelines for the management of rheumatic diseases -- Supplement and vitamin and mineral guide.
Summary: Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases are a leading cause of disability and affect more than 46 million Americans (including 300,000 children). The Primer is designed to provide up-to-date information about the major clinical syndromes, with comprehensive texts on arthritis and related diseases, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, lupus and more than one hundred others. Color figures depict cutaneous findings and histopathology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Public health and arthritis : a growing imperative / Patience H. White and Rowland W. Chang -- Evaluation of the patient -- Musculoskeletal signs and symptoms -- Molecular and cellular basis of immunity and immunological diseases / Kevin Elias, Richard Siegel, and John J. O'Shea -- Genetics and disease / James Kelley and Robert P. Kimberly -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis -- Psoriatic arthritis -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Reactive and enteropathic arthrits / Robert D. Inman -- Osteoarthritis -- Gout.

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate, hydroxyapatite, and miscellaneous crystals / Geraldine McCarthy -- Infectious disorders -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Antiphospholipid syndrome / Michelle Petri -- Systemic sclerosis -- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies -- Metabolic myopathies / Alan N. Baer -- Sjögren's syndrome / Troy Daniels -- Vasculitides -- Relapsing polychondritis / Harvinder S. Luthra -- Adult-onset Still's disease / John M. Esdaile -- Periodic syndromes / John G. Ryan and Daniel L. Kastner -- Less common arthropathies -- Complex regional pain syndrome / Geoffrey Littlejohn.

Sarcoidosis / Edward S. Chen -- Storage and deposition diseases / Duncan A. Gordon -- The amloidoses / Pasha Sarraf and Jonathan Kay -- Neoplasms of the joint / Andrew J. Cooper, James D. Reeves, and Sean P. Scully -- Heritable disorders of connective tissue / Reed Edwin Pyeritz -- Bone and joint dysplasias / William A. Horton -- Osteonecrosis / Thorsten M. Seyler, David Marker, and Michael A. Mont -- Paget's disease of bone / Roy D. Altman -- Osteoporosis -- Rehabilitation of patients with rheumatic diseases / Thomas D. Beardmore -- Psychosocial factors in arthritis / Alex Zautra and Denise Kruszewski.

Self-management strategies / Teresa J. Brady -- Pain management / John B. Winfield -- Therapeutic injections of joints and soft tissues / Juan J. Canoso -- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs / Leslie J. Crofford -- Glucocorticoids / Frank Buttgereit and Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester -- Operative treatment of arthritis / Joseph A. Buckwalter and W. Timothy Ballard -- Complementary and alternative therapies / Erin L. Arnold and William J. Arnold -- Criteria for the classification and diagnosis of the rheumatic diseases -- Guidelines for the management of rheumatic diseases -- Supplement and vitamin and mineral guide.

Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases are a leading cause of disability and affect more than 46 million Americans (including 300,000 children). The Primer is designed to provide up-to-date information about the major clinical syndromes, with comprehensive texts on arthritis and related diseases, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, lupus and more than one hundred others. Color figures depict cutaneous findings and histopathology.

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