Challenging Cases in Rheumatology and Diseases of the Immune System

This case-based study of rheumatology and immunology offers a unique setting in which to review, analyze and and discuss these complicated and interconnected systems, the diseases that affect them, and the latest progress in management and treatment.

Challenging Cases in Rheumatology and Diseases of the Immune System is the latest title in a growing collection of thought-provoking case-based titles from Massoud Mahmoudi, D.O., Ph.D. Like his three preceding titles, Challenging Cases in Allergy and Immunology (2009), Challenging Cases in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Skin (2010), and Challenging Cases in Pulmonology (2011), this easy-to-read title presents the topic in a challenging and enjoyable case-based format. Developed by 30 distinguished contributors, the book consists of six parts and 16 chapters, with each chapter presenting two cases. The style of this title follows the previous books: each topic begins with an abstract, followed by a case presentation, working diagnosis, data, final diagnosis, and discussion. In addition, to enhance a review of the subject and stimulate critical thinking, there are 5 to 10 multiple choice questions and answers in each chapter. Challenging Cases in Rheumatology and Diseases of the Immune System is an indispensable resource for all clinicians who care for patients with rheumatic and immunologic disorders.

Concise resource and teaching tool containing numerous practical points Written by leading physicians, providing their own opinions based on their experience in clinical practice Covers full range of common rheumatic and immunologic disorders, with a focus on common, everyday problems Offers helpful multiple choice questions to reinforce learning

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Challenging Cases in Rheumatology and Diseases of the Immune System is the latest title in a growing collection of thought-provoking case-based titles from Massoud Mahmoudi, D.O., Ph.D. Like his three preceding titles, Challenging Cases in Allergy and Immunology (2009), Challenging Cases in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Skin (2010), and Challenging Cases in Pulmonology (2011), this easy-to-read title presents the topic in a challenging and enjoyable case-based format. Developed by 30 distinguished contributors, the book consists of six parts and 16 chapters, with each chapter presenting two cases. The style of this title follows the previous books: each topic begins with an abstract, followed by a case presentation, working diagnosis, data, final diagnosis, and discussion. In addition, to enhance a review of the subject and stimulate critical thinking, there are 5 to 10 multiple choice questions and answers in each chapter. Challenging Cases in Rheumatology and Diseases of the Immune System is an indispensable resource for all clinicians who care for patients with rheumatic and immunologic disorders.

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TABLE of CONTENTSPart I. ArthritisChapter1- Rheumatoid arthritisDiana Vradii and Amy M WassermanChapter2- OsteoarthritisDavid Caretto and Massoud MahmoudiChapter3- GoutPim Jetanalin and Susan J LeeChapter 4- Psoriatic arthritisAnna Tumyan and Marcy B BolsterPart II. Arthritis and Systemic DiseasesChapter 5- Immunoglobuin G4 (IgG4) Related DiseaseKrati Chauhan, Phil A. Hart and Vaidehi R ChowdharyChapter6- SarcoidosisChristian M Sebat and Richart W HarperChapter 7-Systemic Lupus ErythematosusRoshan DhawaleChapter 8- Systemic SclerosisCorey Hatfield and Marcy B BolsterPart III. Inflammatory and Metabolic Diseases of the Chapter 9- PolymyositisUma Thanarajasingam and Floranne ErnsteChapter 10- DermatomyositisHeather Gladue and Elena SchiopuPart IV- vasculitisChapter 11- Wegener's GranulomatosisKatrik V. Shenoy, Jenniffer Sloane, and Gilbert D'AlonzoChapter12- Churg-Strauss SyndromePaul Hoffman and Michael SchivoChapter13-Giant Cell ArteritisTanaz A Kermani and Kenneth J Warrington Part V- ImmunodeficiencyChapter 14- Primary immunodeficiencyToral A Kamdar and Leslie C Grammer IIIChapter 15-Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)Banafsheh Soltani, Rafik Samuel, and Robert Bettiker, MDPart VI- Diffuse Pain SyndromeChapter 16- Fibromyalgia: Evaluation and Therapy of a Neuroimmune DisorderXavier J Caro Part I. ArthritisChapter1- Rheumatoid arthritisDiana Vradii and Amy M WassermanChapter2-OsteoarthritisDavid Caretto and Massoud MahmoudiChapter3- GoutPim Jetanalin and Susan J LeeChapter 4- Psoriatic arthritisAnna Tumyan and Marcy B BolsterPart II. Arthritis and Systemic DiseasesChapter 5- Immunoglobuin G4 (IgG4) Related DiseaseKrati Chauhan, Phil A. Hart and Vaidehi R ChowdharyChapter6- SarcoidosisChristian M Sebat and Richart W HarperChapter 7-Systemic Lupus ErythematosusRoshan DhawaleChapter 8- Systemic SclerosisCorey Hatfield and Marcy B BolsterPart III. Inflammatory and Metabolic Diseases of the Chapter 9- PolymyositisUma Thanarajasingam and Floranne ErnsteChapter 10- DermatomyositisHeather Gladue and Elena SchiopuPart IV- vasculitisChapter 11- Wegener's GranulomatosisKatrik V. Shenoy, Jenniffer Sloane, and Gilbert D'AlonzoChapter12- Churg-Strauss SyndromePaul Hoffman and Michael SchivoChapter13-Giant Cell ArteritisTanaz A Kermani and Kenneth J Warrington Part V- ImmunodeficiencyChapter 14- Primary immunodeficiencyToral A Kamdar and Leslie C Grammer IIIChapter 15-Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)Banafsheh Soltani, Rafik Samuel, and Robert Bettiker, MDPart VI- Diffuse Pain SyndromeChapter 16- Fibromyalgia: Evaluation and Therapy of a Neuroimmune DisorderXavier J Caro