Rheumatoid Arthritis - Couverture rigide

 
9780198566304: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198566301 ISBN 13 : 9780198566304
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease, which affects 1% of the world's population. Patients with RA not only have a progressive and debilitating disease and severe functional impairment, but can also experience a reduced life expectancy due to frequent involvement of the major organ systems. This new edition of Rheumatoid Arthritis charts the profound changes in research and patient management that have taken place over the last 5 years. Developments in molecular biology have dramatically increased insight into the inflammatory and destructive pathways of this complex disease. Over half a million patients have been successfully treated with biologic therapy and advances in imaging techniques have allowed increasingly early detection of disease onset. Rheumatoid factor is no longer the unchallenged gold standard autoantibody but has competition from the anti-citrulline antibodies. Environmental factors influencing both susceptibility and progression have been sought, and smoking has emerged as a powerful factor. Steady progress in genetics is finally being made and one day it may be possible to predict RA before onset of symptomatic disease. It is against this backdrop of dynamic developments that the new edition of Rheumatoid Arthritis publishes.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease, which affects 1% of the world's population. Patients with RA not only have a progressive and debilitating disease and severe functional impairment, but can also experience a reduced life expectancy due to frequent involvement of the major organ systems. This new edition of Rheumatoid Arthritis charts the profound changes in research and patient management that have taken place over the last 5 years. Developments in molecular biology have dramatically increased insight into the inflammatory and destructive pathways of this complex disease. Over half a million patients have been successfully treated with biologic therapy and advances in imaging techniques have allowed increasingly early detection of disease onset. Rheumatoid factor is no longer the unchallenged gold standard autoantibody but has competition from the anti-citrulline antibodies. Environmental factors influencing both susceptibility and progression have been sought, and smoking has emerged as a powerful factor. Steady progress in genetics is finally being made and one day it may be possible to predict RA before onset of symptomatic disease. It is against this backdrop of dynamic developments that the new edition of Rheumatoid Arthritis publishes.

Revue de presse

The new edition of this textbook certainly deserves a place on the shelf in each rheumatology office. (Rheumatology, Vol 46,)

This comprehensive, new edition of Rheumatoid Arthritis has been extensively updated and extended. This is an excellent reference book which I would recommend for all rheumatology departments. (British Health Professionals in Rheumatology)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198566301
ISBN 13 
9780198566304
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
594
Éditeur
Firestein Gary S., Panayi Gabriel, Wollheim Frank
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