Rheumatology

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a rare group of autoimmune diseases, negatively affecting the lives of an estimated 250,000 people worldwide.

Focusing solely on uveitis care, this quick reference guide will provide a compiled and easy to navigate differential diagnosis - making an often daunting task for clinicians easier, quicker, and more accurate by using a concise outline format to list the most critical aspects of a disease entity.

A common manifestation of many autoimmune diseases is joint inflammation.

ABC of Rheumatology continues to be a practical and informative guide to the assessment, treatment and management of common rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions within primary care.

Axial spondyloarthritis is the commonest inflammatory arthritis affecting the spine.

Arthritis is usually considered a disease of older adults, but nearly 300,000 children in the United States suffer from some form of arthritis or rheumatic disease, such as juvenile arthritis (JRA), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, or Kawasaki disease.

This comprehensive manual covers all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of osteoporosis, offering an upbeat and optimistic assessment of what can be achieved.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the basic and clinical aspects of infections and infectious processes that trigger or aggravate a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders.

For a child with arthritis or a related condition, lack of knowledge on the part of the parents is one of the biggest obstacles to recovery.

Although a number of comprehensive texts pertaining to perioperative medicine are available, this remains the only one that focuses specifically on the patient undergoing orthopedic surgery, now in a revised and expanded second edition.

This volume aims at delivering the state-of-the-art scientific and clinical know-how for the management of patients with Connective Tissue Diseases (CTDs).

The second edition of the Oxford American Handbook of Rheumatology offers practical, point of care guidance on the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic rheumatologic problems.

This book is for postgraduate fellows, internists, and students interested in rheu- tology.

The field encompassed by rheumatology has evolved rapidly over the last decade to include multiple immune-modulating and biologic medications, new classification criteria, significant updates on bone metabolism, and completely new paradigms of treatment based on groundbreaking studies published within the last 5 years.

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This practical guide is ideal for healthcare professionals, including family medicine and sports medicine physicians, who wish to integrate peripheral joint and soft tissue injection procedures into their practices.

Sjogren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease which can cause debilitating fatigue and pain.

Integrative Rheumatology offers a new and much-needed perspective in disease and symptom management, blending conventional medicine with alternative approaches not typically included in a Western medical practice.

Maximise your exam success with this essential revision guide.

Targeted therapies of rheumatic diseases have become a reality and have completely changed patient care as well as patient expectations.

The International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies is held every three years to discuss the recent advances and future directions in Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS).

Rheumatology: A clinical handbook is an essential resource for medical students who need an introduction, understanding and overview of the subject.

This new book explores plant-derived nutraceuticals that can be used as crucial therapeutic tools in the prevention and treatment of arthritis and psoriasis, providing detailed information on the use of plant-derived nutraceuticals, such as microalgae and other marine botanicals, omega polyunsaturated fatty acids, glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate, plant-based gum, vitamins and oils, probiotic supplements, and others in the treatment and management of arthritis and psoriasis.

A trustworthy clinical companion, the textbook offers best practice and management strategies for these common joint diseases.

During the past decade there has been a burgeoning of interest in arthritis and related rheumatic diseases.

The Scleroderma Book has long been considered the leading source of information for patients suffering with this disease.

This book is written primarily for occupational therapists and occupational therapy students but will be of relevance to anyone working with clients with rheumatoid disease.

This book details the practice of telerheumatology.

Rheumatology: A clinical handbook is an essential resource for medical students who need an introduction, understanding and overview of the subject.

Characterized by chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia presents complex problems in both its diagnosis and treatment.

High pressure in the lungs, or pulmonary hypertension, is most commonly due to smoking-related lung disease and conditions affecting the left heart, for example, high blood pressure in the arteries, faulty heart valves, and a weakened heart muscle.

This year, six million Americans--most of them women--will go to their doctors, complaining of an illness they have no name for.

Musculoskeletal Imaging Volume 1 provides a comprehensive review of the subject matter commonly encountered by practicing radiologists and radiology residents in training.

Covering both pediatric and adult populations, this comprehensive text covers the diverse topics related to the health, disease and therapy of articular cartilage of the knee, from basic principles to future directions for research.

Rheumatology Practice in Occupational Therapy: Promoting Lifestyle Management is a valuable new handbook focusing on rheumatology, a core area of occupational therapy practice.

A wide-ranging account of the immunological mechanisms that underlie many rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and SLE, and the development of effective and rational new therapies.

Lupus, a disease of the immune system, can be quite deadly, claiming the lives of thousands of patients yearly.

The proceedings of the fourth Canadian conference on research in the rheumatic diseases held in Toronto in October 1970, this volume includes some 50 papers based on recent research carried out in Canada, the US, and abroad.

Diseases of the joints and surrounding tissues cannot be visualised without the help of imaging techniques.

Over the past decade, major advances have taken place in the management of osteoporosis.

This handy volume, that can also serve as an integration to the preceding work Cellular Primary Immunodeficiencies by the same editor, presents detailed state of the art knowledge on Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) with extensive coverage of both basic science discoveries and the latest clinical advances in the field.

This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest edited by Drs.

Musculoskeletal Imaging Volume 1 provides a comprehensive review of the subject matter commonly encountered by practicing radiologists and radiology residents in training.

Inflammatory pathology of the spine is an underestimated, but widespread condition among the population.

Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis is a practical handbook on clinical trials in the growing field of osteoporosis.

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.

This Atlas provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the historical and current perspectives on osteoarthritis, including the pathophysiology and epidemiology of the disease.

Originally published in 2007 and now available for the first time in paperback format, Head and Neck Manifestations of Systemic Disease presents critical information on a multitude of maladies that have manifestations in the head and neck.

This book summarizes the global progress in medical and scientific research toward converting traditionally chronic autoimmune diseases into a drug-free reversible illness using hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and other cellular therapies such as T regulatory cells (Treg), mesenchymal stromal/stem cells, and chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cells in order to reintroduce sustained immune tolerance.