Rheumatology

Now, for the first time, Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology is available as an e-dition. Giving you the resources you are used to while providing you with the updated information you need! This 7th Edition continues to be the most definitive, comprehensive, and well-referenced resource to consult for important facts and analyses of all basic and clinical science in the field of rheumatology. Provides authoritative and encyclopedic coverage of not only the etiology and...
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Now, for the first time, Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology is available as an e-dition. Giving you the resources you are used to while providing you with the updated information you need!

This 7th Edition continues to be the most definitive, comprehensive, and well-referenced resource to consult for important facts and analyses of all basic and clinical science in the field of rheumatology. Provides authoritative and encyclopedic coverage of not only the etiology and pathogenesis of the rheumatic diseases, but also of biology of the normal joint, immune and inflammatory responses, evaluation of the patient, musculoskeletal pain and the musculoskeletal exam, diagnostic tests and procedures, clinical pharmacology, and much more.

• Full 2 volume set PLUS access to entire contents online - fully searchable.
• Weekly content updates.
• Direct links to PubMed.
• Over 200 additional 4-color images NOT in the book.
• Image library for PowerPoint downloads includes ALL images.
• Self-assessment questions for Board review.

Features new chapters on:

• Antigen Presenting Cells
• Synoviocytes
• Chondrocytes
• Signal Transduction in Rheumatic Diseases
• Recruitment of Cells and Angiogenesis
• Economic Burden of Rheumatic Diseases
• Education of Patients
• Anti-Cytokine Therapies
• Familial Auto-Inflammatory Syndromes.

Explores hot topics such as:

• Pediatric Rheumatology
• Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
• SLE
• The complex roles of cytokines in normal immunity and rheumatic disease
• The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

Includes a bound-in DVD, featuring over an HOUR of video clips of the musculoskeletal examination, abnormal arthroscopic findings, complete image library, and over 300 self-assessment questions for Board review.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.