Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Klippel, John H. (Editor), Stone, John H. (Editor), Crofford, Leslie J. (Editor), White, Patience H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Edition: 13.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Rheumatology.; Orthopedics.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

 One of the most prestigious, comprehensive texts on arthritis and related diseases, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, lupus and more than one hundred others. 

 Public Health and Arthritis: A Growing Imperative -- Evaluation of the Patient -- Musculoskeletal Signs and Symptoms -- Molecular and Cellular Basis of Immunity and Immunological Diseases -- Genetics and Disease -- Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis -- Psoriatic Arthritis -- Ankylosing Spondylitis -- Reactive and Enteropathic Arthritis -- Osteoarthritis -- Gout -- Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate, Hydroxyapatite, and Miscellaneous Crystals -- Infectious Disorders -- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- Antiphospholipid Syndrome -- Systemic Sclerosis -- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies -- Metabolic Myopathies -- Sjögren’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 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 -- Systemic Sclerosis -- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies -- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies -- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies -- Metabolic Myopathies -- Sjögren’s Syndrome -- Vasculitides -- Vasculitides -- Vasculitides -- Vasculitides -- Vasculitides -- Vasculitides -- Relapsing Polychondritis -- Adult-Onset Still’s Disease -- Periodic Syndromes -- Less Common Arthropathies -- Less Common Arthropathies -- Less Common Arthropathies -- Less Common Arthropathies -- Less Common Arthropathies -- 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 Bone -- Osteoporosis -- Osteoporosis -- 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.