Review of Rheumatology

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. 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