Overview

Arthritis is an inflammatory disease affecting the joints and surrounding tissues. As the disease develops it can cause severe pain and disability. The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful, degenerative joint disease that often involves the hips, knees, neck, lower back, or the small joints of the hands. Treatment usually includes analgesics, topical creams, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (known as NSAIDs); appropriate exercises or physical therapy; joint splinting; or joint replacement surgery for seriously damaged larger joints, such as the knee or hip. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that usually involves the hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, knees, feet, or ankles. Focus on Arthritis Research brings together leading research in the field.

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Author:   Frank Columbus
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Biomedical
Weight:   0.684kg
ISBN:  

9781590339886

ISBN 10:   1590339886
Pages:   205
Publication Date:   01 July 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Preface; The Sympathetic Nervous System and Melatonin Connection in Rheumatoid Arthritis (Georges Maestroni, Istituto Cantonale di Patologia, Locarno, Switzerland); Andersson Lesion in Early Juvenile Spondyloarthropathies (Erbil Unsal, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey); The Gut-Synovium Axis in Spondyloarthropathy and Crohn's Disease: Common Cellular and Molecular Pathways in Immune -- Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMID) (Dominique Baeten, Filip De Keyser, Herman Mielants and Eric M. Veys Ghent University Hospital, Belgium); Polyarthritis Nodosa in Patients with Chronic Viral Diseases (Manuel Ramos-Casals, Pilar Brito-Zeron, Norma Nardi, Jose Argemi and Josep Font, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona); Index.

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