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 forthe wide audience of clinicians who manage patients with this condition. INDICE: 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: SheenaHennell, 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-955675-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 168
- Fecha Publicación: 04/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés