Rheumatology

This comprehensive book offers informative illustrations and references on the subject of rheumatology. The text includes contributions from an international collection of professionals from the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Sweden, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Aiming to ensure a balanced, coherent approach, each chapter follows a carefully planned template. Structure, function and pathophysiology of the major components of the musculoskeletal system are covered. Within the disease-oriented chapters there is integration of basic science - structure, function, etiology, pathogenesis - with clinical features such as epidemiology. The practical emphasis is underlined by chapters relating specifically to real problems encountered in everyday practice, and professional advice on how to approach them.