Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases are a leading cause of disability and affect more than 46 million Americans (including 300,000 children). This book is designed to provide up-to-date information about the major clinical syndromes. It is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive texts on arthritis and related diseases, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, lupus and more than one hundred others. It offers medical students and physicians a concise description of the current science, diagnosis, clinical consequences, and principles of management. Now entering its eighth decade, this revised edition contains new and expanded chapters which heighten the translational nature of the book. In view of the recent remarkable strides taken in understanding and treating rheumatic disease, students, trainees, and practicing clinicians all need a standard textbook that can change with the times and reflect these advances. The Primer continues to fill that need.

A comprehensive guide to the rheumatic diseases Offers medical students and physicians a concise description of the current science, diagnosis, clinical consequences, and principles of management Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Public Health and Arthritis: A Growing Imperative.- Evaluation of the Patient.- Musculoskeletal Signs and Symptoms.- Molecular and Cellular Basis of Immunity and Immunological Diseases.- Genetics and Disease.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.- Psoriatic Arthritis.- Ankylosing Spondylitis.- Reactive and Enteropathic Arthritis.- Osteoarthritis.- Gout.- Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate, Hydroxyapatite, and Miscellaneous Crystals.- Infectious Disorders.- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- Systemic Sclerosis.- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies.- Metabolic Myopathies.- Sjögren's Syndrome.- Vasculitides.- Relapsing Polychondritis.- Adult-Onset Still's Disease.- Periodic Syndromes.- Less Common Arthropathies.- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.- Sarcoidosis.- Storage and Deposition Diseases.- The Amyloidoses.- Neoplasms of the Joint.- Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue.- Bone and Joint Dysplasias.- Osteonecrosis.- Paget's Disease of Bone.- Osteoporosis.- Rehabilitation of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases.- Psychosocial Factors in Arthritis.- Self-Management Strategies*.- Pain Management.- Therapeutic Injections of Joints and Soft Tissues.- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs.- Glucocorticoids.- Operative Treatment of Arthritis.- Complementary and Alternative Therapies.- Systemic Sclerosis.- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies.- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies.- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies.- Metabolic Myopathies.- Sjögren's Syndrome.- Vasculitides.- Vasculitides.- Vasculitides.- Vasculitides.- Vasculitides.- Vasculitides.- Relapsing Polychondritis.- Adult-Onset Still's Disease.- Periodic Syndromes.- Less Common Arthropathies.- Less Common Arthropathies.- Less Common Arthropathies.- Less Common Arthropathies.-Less Common Arthropathies.- Less Common Arthropathies.- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.- Sarcoidosis.- Storage and Deposition Diseases.- The Amyloidoses.- Neoplasms of the Joint.- Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue.- Bone and Joint Dysplasias.- Osteonecrosis.- Paget's Disease of Bone.- Osteoporosis.- Osteoporosis.- Osteoporosis.- Rehabilitation of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases.- Psychosocial Factors in Arthritis.- Self-Management Strategies*.- Pain Management.- Therapeutic Injections of Joints and Soft Tissues.- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs.- Glucocorticoids.- Operative Treatment of Arthritis.- Complementary and Alternative Therapies.