Pediatric Rheumatology

Pediatric Rheumatology
ISBN-10
145573909X
ISBN-13
9781455739097
Series
Pediatric Rheumatology
Category
Medical
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
W B Saunders Company
Authors
Ronald M. Laxer, David D. Sherry

Description

The Guest Editors have assembled international experts in rheumatology to present an update to pediatricians. The basics are covered, including an article on the principles of inflammation in the child and one on the approach to the child with joint inflammation. From there, specifics are presented in the following articles: Laboratory Testing in Rheumatology; Rheumatologic Emergencies in newborns, children and adolescents; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Macrophage Activation Syndrome; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Childhood; Scleroderma; Vasculitis; Kawasaki disease; Autoinflammatory diseases; Approach to the patient with non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain; and Immune deficiency diseases with rheumatic manifestations.

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