Connective tissue diseases : an atlas of investigation and management / [editors], Caroline Gordon, Wolfgang L. Gross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon, Caroline, 1956-

Gross, Wolfgang L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Connective tissues--Diseases--Atlases.

Connective tissues.

Connective Tissue Diseases.

Connective tissues--Diseases.

Autoimmune Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Connective Tissue Diseases.

Autoimmune Diseases.

Genre:

Atlases.

Physical Description:

x, 122 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clinical Pub., 2011.

Summary:

Focusing on management of adult patients, this visual reference for medical professionals describes connective tissue diseases (systemic autoimmune diseases) and gives notes on management. The book's two-column color layout features color and b&w diagnostic images and clinical photos on every page. The first chapter outlines a general approach to the assessment of patients with a suspected connective tissue disease, covering history taking, examination, and assessment of symptoms. The rest of the book is divided into chapters on systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, anti-phospholipid syndrome, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, systemic sclerosis, and the primary systemic vasculitides. These disease chapters give overview information on definition and classification, pathology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, management, and principles of drug treatment. Concepts are reviewed in numerous summary tables. Gordon teaches rheumatology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Gross teaches rheumatology at the University of Luebeck, Germany. Published by Clinical Publishing, UK, an imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd; distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781846920745

1846920744

9781846926341

1846926343

OCLC:

772582415