- Contents
- Front matter
- Part 1 The presentation of rheumatic disease
- Chapter 1 Evaluating musculoskeletal pain
- Chapter 2 Regional musculoskeletal conditions: making a working diagnosis
- Chapter 3 Patterns of disease presentation: making a working diagnosis
- Chapter 4 The spectrum of presentation of rheumatic disease
- Part 2 The clinical features and management of rheumatic diseases
- Chapter 5 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- Chapter 6 Osteoarthritis (OA)
- Chapter 7 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
- Chapter 8 The spondylarthropathies
- Chapter 9 Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Chapter 10 The antiphospholipid (antibody) syndrome (APS)
- Chapter 11 Sjögren's syndrome (SS)
- Chapter 12 Systemic sclerosis and related disorders
- Chapter 13 Inflammatory myopathies—polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM)
- Chapter 14 Primary vasculitides
- Chapter 15 The crystal arthropathies
- Chapter 16 Metabolic bone diseases and disorders of collagen
- Chapter 17 Infection and rheumatic disease
- Chapter 18 Miscellaneous conditions
- Chapter 19 Common upper limb musculoskeletal lesions
- Chapter 20 Back pain
- Chapter 21 Rheumatological emergencies
- Chapter 22 Complementary medicine in rheumatology
- End matter
The Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology is a unique, pocket guide which emphasizes the clinical evidence-based approach to Rheumatology. Based on the content of the Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology, it provides practical guidelines to the management and diagnosis of patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal disease. This new edition has been extensively updated and revised throughout to include the latest NICE guidelines and new chapters on rheumatic emergencies, drugs, chronic widespread pain, shoulder/neck pain and complementary medicine.
- About the Editors
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Alan J. Hakim, Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University College London Hospital, London, UK
Gavin P.R. Clunie, Consultant Rheumatologist, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Inam Haq, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Rheumatology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Mayfield House, University of Brighton, Falmer, Essex, UK
- Disclaimer
- Oxford University Press makes no representation, express or implied, that the drug dosages in this book are correct. Readers must therefore always check the product information and clinical procedures with the most up to date published product information and data sheets provided by the manufacturers and the most recent codes of conduct and safety regulations. The authors and the publishers do not accept responsibility or legal liability for any errors in the text or for the misuse or misapplication of material in this work.


