From the "Contemporary Management in Internal Medicine" series - which plans to review the field of internal medicine in a 5-year cycle by publishing six books a year that review the various disciplines of internal medicine - this volume addresses the concerns of caring for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It reviews the difficulties of early diagnosis, and pertinent, clinical radiologic, and laboratory manifestations; discusses disease prognosis; presents discussion of the extraarticular manifestations of the disease ...
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From the "Contemporary Management in Internal Medicine" series - which plans to review the field of internal medicine in a 5-year cycle by publishing six books a year that review the various disciplines of internal medicine - this volume addresses the concerns of caring for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It reviews the difficulties of early diagnosis, and pertinent, clinical radiologic, and laboratory manifestations; discusses disease prognosis; presents discussion of the extraarticular manifestations of the disease with emphasis on diagnosis and management; reviews current pharmacologic compounds, new investigation agents, and the more radical therapeutic aproaches; covers rehabilitative modalities; and examines psychological and sociological impact on patients' lives.
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