RHEUMATOLOGY SECRETS 5ª ED.

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Rheumatology Secrets, 5th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style—making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

• The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time—succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
• Fully revised and updated throughout, offering practical coverage of basic immunology and pathophysiology, important disease manifestations, and clinical management issues related to common and uncommon rheumatic disorders, including a new chapter on IgG4-related disease.
• Keeps you up to date with new techniques and technologies, as well as changing treatment options and drug information.
• Helps ensure mastery of the material with more than 100 board-style questions available online that provide effective review and quick practice for your exams.
• Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.

CONTENTS:

1. Contents
2. SECTION I General Concepts
3. Chapter 1 Top 100+ Rheumatology Secrets
4. Chapter 2 Classification and Health Impact of the Rheumatic Diseases
5. Bibliography
6. Further Reading
7. Chapter 3 Anatomy and Physiology of the Musculoskeletal System
8. Collagen
9. Elastin and Adhesins
10. Proteoglycans
11. Musculoskeletal System
12. Bibliography
13. Chapter 4 An Overview of the Immune Response, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity
14. Innate Immunity
15. Adaptive Immunity
16. Odds and Ends