- Contents
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Part 1 The presentation of rheumatic disease
- Chapter 2 Regional musculoskeletal conditions: making a working diagnosis
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- Chapter 2 Regional musculoskeletal conditions: making a working diagnosis
- Introduction
- Neck pain
- Shoulder pain
- Pain around the elbow
- Wrist pain
- Symptoms in the hand
- Upper limb peripheral nerve lesions
- Thoracic back and chest pain
- Low back pain and disorders in adults
- Spinal disorders in children and adolescents
- Pelvic, groin, and thigh pain
- Knee pain
- Lower leg and foot disorders (adults)
- Child and adolescent foot disorders
- Corticosteroid injection therapy
- Principles of rehabilitation
Part 2 The clinical features and management of rheumatic diseases
- Chapter 12 Systemic sclerosis and related disorders
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- Chapter 12 Systemic sclerosis and related disorders
- Epidemiology and diagnostic criteria
- Cutaneous features of scleroderma and their treatment
- Systemic features of the disease, investigation, and treatment
- Antifibrotic and immunosuppressive therapies for systemic sclerosis
- Summary—the approach to systemic sclerosis
- Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome
- Eosinophilic fasciitis
The Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology is a unique, pocket guide which emphasizes the clinical evidence-based approach to Rheumatology. Based on the content of the Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology, it provides practical guidelines to the management and diagnosis of patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal disease. This new edition has been extensively updated and revised throughout to include the latest NICE guidelines and new chapters on rheumatic emergencies, drugs, chronic widespread pain, shoulder/neck pain and complementary medicine.
- About the Editors
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Alan J. Hakim, Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University College London Hospital, London, UK
Gavin P.R. Clunie, Consultant Rheumatologist, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Inam Haq, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Rheumatology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Mayfield House, University of Brighton, Falmer, Essex, UK
- Disclaimer
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