Review of Rheumatology

About this book

With the ever fast paced advances in the rheumatology field, books purporting to review the subject in a concise fashion are getting longer and longer. A focused, clear and concise review written in an outline form is a format that can truly be a find-it-now resource, timely in its compatibility with the new generation PDAs, and complementary to the standard rheumatology texts.

Written for: This book will be of interest to medical students, rheumatology fellows, practicing rheumatologists, residents in internal medicine, internists, primary care physicians, orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists, and other allied health professional interested in the field of rheumatology, particularly those preparing for certification and recertification Board exams.

Table of contents

The Musculoskeletal System.- Collagen and Elastin.- Proteoglycans.- Mediators of Rheumatic Pathology.- Immunity.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Psoratic Arthritis.- Systemic Lupus Erythematosis.- Calcium Crystal Arthropathy.- Gout.- Vasculitides.- Systemic Sclerosis.- Sjogrens.- Bechets.- Relapsing Polychondritis.- Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- Adult Still’s Disease.- Therapeutic Injections for Rheumatic Diseases.- Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs.- Corticosteroids.- Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs.- Cytoxic and Immunoregulatory Agents.- Biologic Agents.- Osteoporosis.- Metabolic Bone Disorders.- Paget’s Disease.- Osteonecrosis.- Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy.- Storage and Deposition Diseases.- Amyloidosis.- The Social and Economic Impacts of Rheumatic Diseases.- The Autoinflammatory Diseases