Rheumatoid arthritis : early diagnosis and treatment
From the Preface: "This text is born of the authors' career-long interest in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In preparing a text that would be of interest to primary care physicians and rheumatologists alike, we have decided to focus on the exciting developments that have given rise to the edict "diagnose early and treat aggressively." Hence, this text is not only an overview of RA, but where applicable, it will focus on "early" RA, early diagnosis, rules for referral, treatment advances, unmet needs, and an overview of how to initiate an early-arthritis effort of clinic in your practice."
eBook, English, ©2010
Professional Communications, West Islip, NY, ©2010
1 online resource (368 pages : illustrations)
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1: Rheumatoid arthritis: overview/etiology/pathology
2: Clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis
3: Outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis
4: Diagnostic criteria
5: Diagnostic testing/imaging studies
6: Diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis
7: Nonpharmacologic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
8: Pharmacotherapy: a new paradigm for early rheumatoid arthritis
9: Treatment of pain
10: Corticosteroid therapy
11: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
12: Biologic therapies
13: Interleukin-1 inhibitors
14: TNF-blocking therapies
15: B-cell targeted therapy
16: Blockade of T-cell costimulatory pathways
17: Interleukin-6 inhibitors
18: Appendix: Establishing an early arthritis clinic
Abbreviations/acronyms
Index
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