Overview

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a common rheumatic condition that affects around 1-2% of the population and without adequate therapy results in significant disability. Recent advances in the pathogenesis of the rheumatoid arthritis have led to the dramatic development of powerful new therapeutic agents that target specific disease mechanisms. Increasing use of intensive conventional therapy and the advent of more advanced biologic agents has altered our expectations of the drug treatment of the disease. Part of the Oxford Rheumatology Library series, this practical pocketbook summarizes the important recent developments that have been made in the understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis for the wide audience of clinicians who manage patients with this condition. Chapters include concise but comprehensive overviews of underlying disease mechanisms, clinical diagnosis and assessment, the role of laboratory investigations and imaging, the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, the role of disease modifying therapy steroids and biologic agents and the role of multidisciplinary care.

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Author:   Raashid Luqmani (Consultant Rheumatologist and Senior Lecturer, Rheumatology Department, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK) ,  Theodore Pincus (Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, USA) ,  Maarten Boers (Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 10.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.143kg
ISBN:  

9780199556755

ISBN 10:   019955675
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   04 February 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1: Matthew Brown and Maarten Boers: Epidemiology, genetics and economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis 2: Catherine Swales, Paul Wordsworth and Raashid Luqmani: The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis 3: Raashid Luqmani, Maarten Boers and Theodore Pincus: Diagnosis and clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis 4: Theodore Pincus and Raashid Luqmani: Disease assessment and monitoring patients for follow up 5: David L Scott and Gabrielle Kingsley: Drug therapy - small molecules 6: Peter Taylor: Biologic therapy 7: Sheena Hennell, Zoe Stableford, Jane Flynn and Raashid Luqmani: Multidisciplinary team management 8: Nicola Goodson and Raashid Luqmani: Comorbidity and complications of RA 9: Tom Cadoux-Hudson, Hemant Pandit, Ian McNab and Raashid Luqmani: Surgical management of rheumatoid arthritis: introduction and spinal involvement 10: Ian McNab and Chris Little: Surgical management of rheumatoid arthritis: the upper limb 11: Hemant Pandit, Bob Sharp and Roger Gundle: Surgical approach to the lower limb in rheumatoid arthritis 12: Raashid Luqmani and Paul P Tak: Future treatments in rheumatoid arthritis

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