Law / Lipson Rheumatology Board Review

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-47584-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

The field encompassed by rheumatology has evolved rapidly overthe last decade to include multiple immune-modulating and biologicmedications, new classification criteria, significant updates onbone metabolism, and completely new paradigms of treatment based ongroundbreaking studies published within the last 5 years. Althoughmuch has been adopted as standard of care based on new data, mosttextbooks do not reflect these practice changes.
Rheumatology Board Review highlights the latest advancesin the field and new standards of care, including references tocurrent citations in the medical literature. It providesinternational standards and guidelines and is designed to convey amaximum amount of information quickly and efficiently, with manyhelpful schematics, radiographs, and tables.
Rheumatology Board Review offers chapter coverageof:
* Non-inflammatory joint and soft tissue disorders
* Selected topics in rheumatoid arthritis
* Selected topics in systemic lupus erythematosus
* Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
* IgG4-related disease
* Myopathies
* Selected topics in pediatric rheumatology
* HIV and rheumatic diseases
* Miscellaneous arthropathies
* Osteoporosis
* Review of musculoskeletal radiology
* Study design, measurement, and basic statisticalanalysis
* Update on vasculitis
Rheumatology Board Review is a must-have reference forrheumatology fellows and professionals seeking a concise yetthorough review of state-of-the-art rheumatology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Law, Karen

Lipson, Aliza

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors, vii
Preface, ix
1 Non-inflammatory joint and soft tissue disorders,1
Laura Paxton, Schartess Culpepper-Pace, Karen Law
2 Selected topics in rheumatoid arthritis, 27
Athan Tiliakos, Karen Law, Aliza Lipson
3 Selected topics in systemic lupus erythematosus: B cells inlupus and lupus nephritis, 39
Iñaki Sanz, S. Sam Lim
4 Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, 55
Cristina Drenkard
5 IgG4-related disease, 65
Arezou Khosroshahi
6 Myopathies, 77
Aliza Lipson
7 Selected topics in pediatric rheumatology, 91
Sampath Prahalad, Sheila Angeles-Han, Kelly A. Rouster-Stevens,Larry Vogler
8 HIV and rheumatic diseases, 129
Karen Law
9 Miscellaneous arthropathies, 137
Robin Geletka, Karen Law
10 Osteoporosis, 149
Karen Law
11 Review of musculoskeletal radiology, 157
John Payan, Gnanesh Patel, Karen Law
12 Study design, measurement, and basic statistical analysis,183
Sheila Angeles-Han, Courtney McCracken
13 Update on vasculitis, 193
Karen Law
Index, 201
Color plate section facing p. 182

Über Autor(innen)

Editor
Karen Law, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Associate Editor
Aliza Lipson, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA