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Clinical Primer of Rheumatology is designed as a concise, essential reference to aid practitioners in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid diseases. More than 200 photographs and many tables and charts provide easy access to information necessary to identify the cause of a patient's complaint and plan a course of therapy. Recommendations on when to refer a patient to a specialist are clearly indicated in the text. Comprehensive coverage of specific rheumatoid diseases is included along with information on sports and occupational-related pain syndromes.

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Author:   William J. Koopman ,  Dennis W. Boulware ,  Gustavo R. Heudebert
Publisher:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Imprint:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9780683306484

ISBN 10:   0683306480
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   06 March 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES Evaluation of Patients with Rheumatic Disorders 3 Gustavo R. Heudebert PART II: SPORT-RELATED, OCCUPATIONAL, AND OTHER REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES Cervical Spine Pain 11 Joe G. Hardin and James T. Halla Low Back Pain and Lumbar Stenosis 22 J. D. Bartleson The Painful Shoulder 43 Dennis W. Boulware Painful Feet 48 Joseph J. Biundo and Perry J. Rush Mechanical Disorders of the Knee 62 Dennis W. Boulware Nerve Entrapment Disorders 70 Kenneth K. Nakano Temporomandibular Disorders 79 M. Franklin Dolwick Fibrosing Syndromes 86 Wilmer L. Sibbitt, Jr., and Randy R. Sibbitt PART III: SPECIFIC RHEUMATIC DISEASES: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinical Aspects 97 James R. O'Dell Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis) 116 Robert W. Warren, Andrew P. Wilking, Maria D. Perez, Martha R. Curry, and Barry L. Myones The Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies 127 Dennis W. Boulware, Frank C. Arnett, Jr., John J. Cush, Peter E. Lipsky, Robert M. Bennett, Herman Mielants, Filip De Keyser, and Eric M. Veys Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 164 Michelle Petri Systemic Sclerosis and Raynaud Syndrome 171 Thomas A. Medsger, Jr. Inflammatory Myopathies: Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Related Conditions 182 Frederick W. Miller Vasculitis 199 Kenneth E. Sack Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal Arteritis 206 Ramesh Kumar Unclassified or Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease 213 Graciela S. Alarcon Rheumatic Fever, Sjoegren Syndrome, and Relapsing Polychondritis 220 Yusuf Yazici and Allan Gibofsky Fibromyalgia 226 Graciela S. Alarcon Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases 236 Michael D. Lockshin PART IV: OSTEOARTHRITIS AND METABOLIC BONE AND JOINT DISEASE Osteoarthritis 245 Carlos J. Lozada and Roy D. Altman Gout and Crystal-Induced Synovitis 262 Dennis W. Boulware, Michael A. Becker, and N. Lawrence Edwards Osteopenic Bone Diseases 278 Kenneth G. Saag, Sarah L. Morgan, and Bruce A. Julian Osteonecrosis 296 Kenneth A. Jaffe Arthropathies Associated with Systemic Diseases 304 Janet M. Kim PART V: INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS Bacterial Arthritis 315 Arthur Kavanaugh Arthritis Due to Mycobacteria, Fungi, and Parasites 321 Maren Lawson Mahowald Lyme Disease 342 Stephanie Ann Call Viral Arthritis 350 Marta L. Cuellar and Luis R. Espinoza PART VI: SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS Techniques of Arthrocentesis and Injection Therapy 357 Gerald F. Moore Monitoring of Patients on Antirheumatic Therapy 368 W. Winn Chatham Subject Index 381

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