Harrison's Rheumatology, 3E

✍ Scribed by Anthony S. Fauci, Carol A. Langford

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 369
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

RHEUMATOLOGY –AS ONLY HARRISON´S CAN COVER IT

Featuring a superb compilation of chapters on rheumatology that appear in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Eighteenth Edition, this concise, full-color clinical companion delivers the latest knowledge in the field backed by the scientific rigor and authority that have defined Harrison's. You will find content from renowned editors and contributors in a carry-anywhere presentation that is ideal for the classroom, clinic, ward, or exam/certification preparation.

FEATURES

·         Current, thorough coverage of important immunology and rheumatology topics, including the immune system in health and disease, disorders of immune-mediated injury, and disorders of the joints and adjacent tissues

·         Delivers insights designed to reduce pain, lesson joint and organ damage, and improve overall patient outcomes

·         Integrates pathophysiology with clinical management

·         75 high-yield questions and answers drawn from Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Self-Assessment and Board Review, 18e

·         24 chapters written by physicians who are recognized experts in the field of rheumatology

·         Helpful appendix of laboratory values of clinical importance

 

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✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Section I: The Immune System in Health and Disease
1 Introduction to the Immune System
2 The Major Histocompatibility Complex
3 Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases
Section II: Disorders of Immune-Mediated Injury
4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
5 Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
6 Rheumatoid Arthritis
7 Acute Rheumatic Fever
8 Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) and Related Disorders
9 Sjögren’s Syndrome
10 The Spondyloarthritides
11 The Vasculitis Syndromes
12 Behçet’s Syndrome
13 Relapsing Polychondritis
14 Sarcoidosis
15 Familial Mediterranean Fever and Other Hereditary Recurrent Fevers
16 Amyloidosis
17 Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis
Section III: Disorders of the Joints and Adjacent Tissues
18 Approach to Articular and Musculoskeletal Disorders
19 Osteoarthritis
20 Gout and Other Crystal-Associated Arthropathies
21 Infectious Arthritis
22 Fibromyalgia
23 Arthritis Associated with Systemic Disease, and Other Arthritides
24 Periarticular Disorders of the Extremities
Appendix: Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance
Review and Self-Assessment
Index
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