Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology

The authoritative resource you need for complete coverage of this complex specialty

Ross E. Petty (Author), Ronald M. Laxer (Author), Carol B Lindsley (Author), Lucy Wedderburn (Author), Robert C Fuhlbrigge (Author), Elizabeth D. Mellins (Author)

9780323636520, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 29 March 2021

768 pages, 384 illustrations (384 in full color)
28.1 x 22.2 x 3.9 cm, 2.27 kg

Offering up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of disease progression, diagnosis, management, and prognosis, Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology is the definitive reference in the field. For physicians caring for children with rheumatic diseases, this revised 8th Edition is an unparalleled resource for the full spectrum of rheumatologic diseases and non-rheumatologic musculoskeletal disorders in children and adolescents. Global leaders in the field provide reliable, evidence-based guidance, highlighted by superb full-color illustrations that facilitate a thorough understanding of the science that underlies rheumatic disease.

• Offers expanded coverage of autoinflammatory diseases, plus new chapters on Takayasu Arteritis and Other Vasculitides, Mechanistic Investigation of Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Genetics and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, and Global Issues in Pediatric Rheumatology. 

• Reflects the changes in diagnosis, monitoring, and management that recent advances have made possible. 

• Covers the latest information on small molecule treatment, biologics, biomarkers, epigenetics, biosimilars, and cell-based therapies, helping you choose treatment protocols based on the best scientific evidence available today. 

• Features exhaustive reviews of the complex symptoms, signs, and lab abnormalities that characterize these clinical disorders. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Subject Areas: Rheumatology [MJM], Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]