Beschreibung:
This book comprehensively reviews clinical aspects and features of rheumatic and musculo-skeletal diseases in an integrated and easy to read format. It enables the reader to become confident in identifying common and unusual disease symptoms and be able to apply a variety of diagnostic modalities and evaluate potential treatment options. Every disease covered has a variety of clinically relevant images detailing both typical and rare signs and symptoms. Each image is accompanied by a detailed description covering relevant epidemiological data, diagnostic modalities and treatment options. The Illustrated Handbook of Rheumatic and Musculo-Skeletal Diseases, 2ndEdition has been fully revised with new content and clinical photographs throughout each chapter. Rheumatologists seeking a comprehensive and clinically relevant guide for the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of rheumatic and allied diseases will find this book to be an essential resource in their daily clinical practice.
This book comprehensively reviews clinical aspects and features of rheumatic and musculo-skeletal diseases in an integrated and easy to read format. It enables the reader to become confident in identifying common and unusual disease symptoms and be able to apply a variety of diagnostic modalities and evaluate potential treatment options. Every disease covered has a variety of clinically relevant images detailing both typical and rare signs and symptoms. Each image is accompanied by a detailed description covering relevant epidemiological data, diagnostic modalities and treatment options.
The Illustrated Handbook of Rheumatic and Musculo-Skeletal Diseases, 2ndEdition has been fully revised with new content and clinical photographs throughout each chapter. Rheumatologists seeking a comprehensive and clinically relevant guide for the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of rheumatic and allied diseases will find this book to be an essential resource in their daily clinical practice.
1. Clinical Examination of the musculoskeletal system.- 2. Laboratory and immunological tests in Rheumatology.- 3. Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 4. Sjögren’s syndrome.- 5. Psoriatic Arthritis.- 6. Ankylosing Spondylitis.- 7. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome.- 8. Scleroderma.- 9. Inflammatory Myopathies.- 10. Vasculitides.- Osteoarthritis.- 11. Crystal arthropathies.- 12. Gout.- 13. Pseudogout (Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Crystal Deposition Disease).- 14. Hydroxyapatitie.- 15. Complex regional pain syndromes.- 16. Osteoporosis.- 17. Osteonecrosis.- 18. Miscellaneous conditions.- 19. Sarcoidosis.- 20. Relapsing polychondritis.- 21. DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis.- 22. Adverse drug reactions in Rheumatology.
