Harrison's rheumatology /

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Imprint:New York : McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division, c2006.
Description:x, 359 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6006283
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Varying Form of Title:Rheumatology
Other uniform titles:Harrison's principles of internal medicine.
Other authors / contributors:Harrison, Tinsley Randolph, 1900-1978
Fauci, Anthony S., 1940-
ISBN:0071457437 (softcover)
Notes:Expansion of the rheumatology section of Harrison's principles of internal medicine.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Section I. The Immune System in Health and Disease
  • 1. Introduction to the Immune System
  • 2. The Major Histocompatibility Gene Complex
  • 3. Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases
  • Section II. Disorders of Immune-Mediated Injury
  • 4. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • 5. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 6. Rheumatic Fever
  • 7. Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) and Related Disorders
  • 8. Sjogren's Syndrome
  • 9. The Spondyloarthritides
  • 10. The Vasculitis Syndromes
  • 11. Behcet's Syndrome
  • 12. Relapsing Polychondritis
  • 13. Sarcoidosis
  • 14. Amyloidosis
  • 15. Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis
  • Section III. Disorders of the Joint and Adjacent Tissues
  • 16. Approach to Articular and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • 17. Osteoarthritis
  • 18. Gout and Other Crystal Arthropathies
  • 19. Infectious Arthritis
  • 20. Fibromyalgia, Arthritis Associated with Systemic Diseases, and Other Arthritides
  • 21. Periarticular Disorders of the Extremities
  • Appendix. Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance
  • Review and Self-Assessment
  • Index