Pediatric Rheumatology, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics (Volume 59-2) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 59-2) - Hardcover

Laxer MDCM FRCPC, Ronald M.; Sherry MD, David D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 145573909X ISBN 13: 9781455739097

Publisher: Saunders, 2012

Synopsis

The Guest Editors have assembled international experts in rheumatology to present an update to pediatricians. The basics are covered, including an article on the principles of inflammation in the child and one on the approach to the child with joint inflammation. From there, specifics are presented in the following articles: Laboratory Testing in Rheumatology; Rheumatologic Emergencies in newborns, children and adolescents; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Macrophage Activation Syndrome; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Childhood; Scleroderma; Vasculitis; Kawasaki disease; Autoinflammatory diseases; Approach to the patient with non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain; and Immune deficiency diseases with rheumatic manifestations.

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About the Authors

Dr. Ronald Laxer is an active staff physician in the Division of Rheumatology, and was an inaugural Division Head at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is internationally recognized in the field of autoinflammatory disease and has been a part of genetic discoveries of several new autoinflammatory diseases. In addition to co-editing the Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, he is a co-editor of the Textbook of Autoinflammation. His recent achievements include receiving the American College of Rheumatology Master Designation Award from the American College of Rheumatology and the CRA Master Award from the Canadian Rheumatology Association. In 2020, he was appointed to the Covid-19 Government of Canada Task Force addressing gaps related to care for children.

Director of Clinical Rheumatology

CHOP

Philadelphia, PA

Edition details

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 145573909X
• ISBN 13: 9781455739097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1