Rheumatology Board Review, Paperback/Karen Law

Contributor(s): Editor: Karen Law Associate Editor: Aliza Lipson The field encompassed by rheumatology has evolved rapidly overthe last decade to include multiple immune-modulating and biologicmedications, new classification criteria, significant updates onbone metabolism, and completely new paradigms of treatment based ongroundbreaking studies published within the last 5 years. Althoughmuch has been adopted as standard of care based on new data, mosttextbooks do not reflect these practice changes. Rheumatology Board Review highlights the latest advancesin the field and new standards of care, including references tocurrent citations in the medical literature. It providesinternational standards and guidelines and is designed to convey amaximum amount of information quickly and efficiently, with manyhelpful schematics, radiographs, and tables. Rheumatology Board Review offers chapter coverageof: - Non-inflammatory joint and soft tissue disorders - Selected topics in rheumatoid arthritis - Selected topics in systemic lupus erythematosus - Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome - IgG4-related disease - Myopathies - Selected topics in pediatric rheumatology - HIV and rheumatic diseases - Miscellaneous arthropathies - Osteoporosis - Review of musculoskeletal radiology - Study design, measurement, and basic statisticalanalysis - Update on vasculitis Rheumatology Board Review is a must-have reference forrheumatology fellows and professionals seeking a concise yetthorough review of state-of-the-art rheumatology.