Pediatric Rheumatology in Clinical Practice

This second edition is primarily for trainees and junior pediatric residents in adult rheumatology who will be seeing pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases. The short chapters have clear tables and many clinical photos to demonstrate key features of diseases and allow the reader to be well informed when seeing patients with rheumatic diseases. This book also allows the readers to develop and approach the field and develop differential diagnoses.

Table of contents (15 chapters)

        General Presentation of Musculoskeletal Problems in Childhood

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 1-22

        General Principles of Management

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 23-30

        Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 31-62

        Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 63-89

        Juvenile Dermatomyositis

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 91-105

        Scleroderma and Related Disorders

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 107-127

        Overlap Syndromes

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 129-140

        Vasculitis

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 141-179

        Lyme Arthritis

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 181-187

        Autoinflammatory Syndromes

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 189-216

        Acute Rheumatic Fever and Post-Streptococcal Arthritis

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 217-225

        Noninflammatory Mechanical Pain Syndromes

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 227-240

        Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 241-255

        Hereditary Conditions of Bone and Cartilage

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

        Pages 257-266

        Benign and Malignant Tumors Involving the Musculoskeletal System

        Laxer, Ronald M. (et al.)

Professor David D. Sherry, MDProfessor of Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Prof. Sherry is on the editorial board of the Pediatric Rheumatology for emedicine.com, the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine as well as the Pediatric Clinics of North America, Pediatric Rheumatology Edition, April 2012 and medical editor for the Rheumatology Sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Ronald M. Laxer, MDCM, FRCPCProfessor of Paediatrics and Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto. Prof. Laxer is also a member of the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, and Project Director at the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children.He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Rheumatology, and a co-editor of the Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology.

Philip J. Hashkes, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Hebrew University. Prof. Hashkes is the Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He is also on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pediatrics and Arthritis & Rheumatology.