The Pocket Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases
The Pocket Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases is a practical tool for medical professionals caring for patients who have any of the more than 150 rheumatic diseases. This compact text is designed for easy use in the examination room, laboratory, or consultation office. Thorough, yet concise, the Pocke...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
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2010.
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| Edition: | Second Edition. |
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-856-8 |
Table of Contents:
- Public health and arthritis: a growing imperative
- Evaluation of the patient
- Musculoskeletal signs and symptoms
- Molecular and cellular basis of immunity and immunocological diseases
- Genetics and disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Reactive and enteropathic arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Gout
- Calcium pyrophospate dihydrate, hydroxyapatite and miscellaneous crystals
- Infectious disorders
- Systemic Lupus erythematosus
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Systemic sclerosis
- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
- Metabolic myopathies
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Vasculitides
- Relapsing polychondritis
- Adult-onset Still's disease
- Periodic syndromes
- Less common arthropathies
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Storage and deposition diseases
- The amyloidoses
- Neoplasms of the joint
- Heritable disorders of connective tissue
- Bone and joint dysplasias
- Osteonecrosis
- Paget's disease of the bone
- Osteoporosis
- Rehabilitation of patients with rheumatic diseases
- Psychosocial factors in arthritis
- Self-management strategies
- Pain management
- Therapeutic injections of joints and soft tissues
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Glucocorticoids
- Operative treatment of arthritis
- Complementary and alternative therapies.