Rheumatology

Divided into five expansive sections, this guide provides an in-depth review of crystal-induced arthritis and related disorders.

Not too long ago, it was thought that inflammation of blood vessels was the sole manifestation of systemic autoimmune diseases.

Primary Sjogren's syndrome is a rheumatic disease affecting around 0.

What you don't know about the American healthcare system might kill you.

The main research described in this book is concerned with assessing the interrelationship of psychological adjustment, compliance with medical advice and use of unorthodox treatments in a sample of rheumatoid arthritic out-patients.

Gout has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, and is now the most common form of inflammatory arthritis.

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This book provides a unique tool for approaching cranio-vertebral junction (CVJ) surgery.

Divided into five expansive sections, this guide provides an in-depth review of crystal-induced arthritis and related disorders.

This comprehensive book serves as a guide in the day-to-day management of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), with a particular emphasis on adult dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), juvenile dermatomyositis, necrotizing myositis, and inclusion body myositis.

The Feldenkrais Method is a presentation of the system of Functional Integration devised by the Israeli scientist Dr.

Arthritis and its related musculoskeletal disorders constitute the most common chronic illnesses in the United States.

This book presents the state of the art in and offers up-to-date guidance on the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), a rapidly evolving and expanding field.

Ask rheumatologists what is one thing that they most desire and they will say:"e;I wish I knew more about nephrology so I could care for patients whose rheumatologic diseases manifest with renal complications.

"e;This splendid volume is easily understandable, uses real-life situations as examples and is far more up-to-the-minute than other such books.

This book provides an up-to date, extensive, and focused review of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

Osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease associated with joint pain and loss of joint function.

This book examines all aspects of the imaging of spinal infection.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic disorder involving slowly progressive muscle degeneration in which the muscles of the face, shoulder blades and upper arms are among the most severely affected.

Rene Rizzoli Menopause is the time in a woman's life when reproductive capacity ends.

Smart materials are the way of the future in a variety of fields, from biomedical engineering and chemistry to nanoscience, nanotechnology, and robotics.

Osteoarthritis: The Facts helps patients and their carers better understand the condition, empowering patients with the knowledge and skills to actively take charge of their own health by knowing as much as they can about osteoarthritis, and finding out how this can be best managed.

Nearly 3 million Americans suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, a painful, incurable connective-tissue disease that attacks the hands and feet as well as the joints and may lead to deformities and permanent disabilities.

This collection of articles focuses on areas of general medicine which are presented to clinicians at all levels in theprofession.

This Rapid Review is a concise, evidence-based guide to the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatological and musculoskeletal disorders.

Proper ultrasound examination and interpretation hinges on thorough knowledge of the relevant anatomy, artifacts, and technique.

In the fifth edition of this highly successful book, the author once again aims to equip the reader with up-to-date information that will facilitate accurate diagnosis of bone and joint diseases by means of combined use of scintigraphy and radiology.

This book provides a practical guide for managing a variety of problems encountered by the clinician in managing patients with systemic sclerosis.

While an emphasis on the new is vital to any science, the relevance or importance of new discoveries cannot truly be appreciated without a strong sense of the framework of a discipline, and of the ideas that helped to shape it.

The new edition of Paediatric Rheumatology is an indispensable resource for the identification and management of specific rheumatological disorders.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a major cause of disability affecting about 1% of the population.

Phagocytosis has been at the forefront of cell biology for more than a century.

Nurses must deliver up-to-date, clinically effective, evidence-based care across a range of settings and develop nursing services to meet changing demands.

Bringing together the most up-to-date research on post-traumatic arthritis (PTA) and its management, this book is a comprehensive presentation of the current thinking on all aspects of the mechanisms of joint injury and subsequent development of PTA.

Intervertebral disc degeneration is one of the major causes of lower back pain for which the common therapeutic interventions are not efficient.

Degenerative conditions of the knee place an increasing burden on health economies and lead to pain and functional loss for sufferers.

Over the past 30 years, there has been increasing recognition of psoriatic arthritis as a distinct clinical entity.

Through 145 clinically-relevant cases, Musculoskeletal Imaging Cases covers the full spectrum of imaging for this field.

This volume of the series Rare Diseases of the Immune System presents detailed state of the art knowledge on the cellular primary immunodeficiencies; it includes extensive coverage of both basic science discoveries and the latest clinical advances in the field.

The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine provides comprehensive and authoritative definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms.

This volume, written by well-known experts in the field, covers all aspects of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Associated Vasculitis (AAV).

Recent developments in basic science and clinical rheumatology make it appropriate at this time to create a volume devoted to the immunology of rheumatic diseases.

Now in its tenth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine has been fully revised, with five new authors on the writing team bringing content fresh from the bedside.

Attempting to bridge the gap between the science and art of cartilage restoration, Cartilage Restoration: Practical Clinical Applications combines an overview of clinical research and methodologies with clinical cases to help guide the orthopedic treatment and care of patients presenting with cartilage issues.

Covering all aspects of the many rheumatologic disorders associated with renal disease, including pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment, Rheumatology and the Kidney brings together the available information in an accessible and practical way, with a particular focus on evidence-based patient management.

This book presents a wide variety of cutaneous features of systemic sclerosis under one cover as cutaneous manifestations are often the first to appear and help in diagnosing this condition early.

Genetic polymorphisms are important determinants of phenotypic variations and may modulate the risk to or even cause various diseases including genetic disorders and multifactorial diseases.

With hundreds of question and answer items and bite-sized chunks of information that can be read and processed easily, reviewing for the pediatric board exams - or just brushing up in your spare time - has never been easier.