Handbook of juvenile idiopathic arthritis /

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Author / Creator:Ravelli, Angelo, author.
Imprint:Cham : Adis, a brand of Springer, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (xv, 123 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11250053
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ISBN:9783319198217
3319198211
9783319081021
3319081020
9783319081014
3319081012
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed February 8, 2016).
Summary:This handbook is an in-depth and comprehensive guide for the treatment and management of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The handbook provides an informative review of the disease looking at the epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, issues of diagnosis and classification, consequences and complications, general treatment aspects, as well as both non pharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy whilst considering the future outlook for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common type of arthritis found in children and adolescents, affecting about 1 in 1,000 children. It is a chronic disease which causes inflammation, pain and swelling of the affected joints and can affect joints in any part of the body. This Handbook provides an unbiased, informative discussion of the current and emerging treatments in this field.
Other form:Print version: Ravelli, Angelo. Handbook of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 9783319081014 3319081012
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-08102-1