TEXTBOOK OF PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

DESCRIPTION

Offering up-to-datecomprehensive coverageof disease progressiondiagnosis management and prognosis  Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology is the definitive reference in the field. For physicians caring for childrenwith rheumatic diseases this revised8th Edition is an unparalleled resource for the full spectrum of rheumatologic diseases and non-rheumatologic musculoskeletal disorders in children and adolescents. Global leadersin 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 expandedcoverage of autoinflammatorydiseases, plus new chapters on TakayasuArteritis and Other Vasculitides,Mechanistic Investigationof Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases,Genetics and Pediatric RheumaticDiseases, and Global Issuesin Pediatric Rheumatology. 

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

Covers the latestinformation 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 exhaustivereviews of the complex symptoms, signs, and lab abnormalities that characterize these clinical disorders. 

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

Author Information
By Ross E Petty, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Professor Emeritus, Pediatric Rheumatology,Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Ronald M. Laxer, MDCM, FRCPC, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Universityof Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children,Toronto, Ontario, Canada; CarolB Lindsley, MD, FAAP, MACR, Professor,Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School ofMedicine; Chief of Pediatric Rheumatology,Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center,Kansas City, Kansas; Lucy Wedderburn,MD, MA, PhD, FRCP, Professorin Paediatric Rheumatology,Institute of Child Health, University College London; Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology Great Ormond Street Hospital National Health Service Trust, London, Great Britain; Robert C Fuhlbrigge, MD PhD, Children's Hospital Colorado Universityof Colorado- Denver and Elizabeth D. Mellins, MD, Department of Pediatrics Stanford University School of Medicine