Description: Contributors Preface SECTION I: THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 1. Introduction to the Immune System, Barton F. Haynes, Kelly A. Soderberg, Anthony S. Fauci 2. The Major Histocompatibility Complex, Gerald T. Nepom 3. Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases, Peter E. Lipsky, Betty Diamond SECTION II: DISORDERS OF IMMUNE-MEDIATED INJURY 4. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Bevra Hannahs Hahn 5. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Peter E. Lipsky 6. Acute Rheumatic Fever, Jonathan R. Carapetis 7. Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) and Related Disorders, John Varga 8. Sjogren's Syndrome, Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos 9. The Spondyloarthritides, Joel D. Taurog 10. The Vasculitis Syndromes, Carol A. Langford, Anthony S. Fauci 11. Behcet's Syndrome, Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos 12. Relapsing Polychondritis, Carol A. Langford, Bruce C. Gilliland 13. Sarcoidosis, Robert P. Baughman, Elyse E. Lower 14. Familial Mediterranean Fever, Daniel L. Kastner 15. Amyloidosis, David C. Seldin, Martha Skinner 16. Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis, Marinos C. Dalakas SECTION III: DISORDERS OF THE JOINTS AND ADJACENT TISSUES 17. Approach to Articular and Musculoskeletal Disorders, John J. Cush, Peter E. Lipsky 18. Osteoarthritis, David T. Felson 19. Gout and Other Crystal-Associated Arthropathies, H. Ralph Schumacher, Lan X. Chen 20. Infectious Arthritis, Lawrence C. Madoff 21. Fibromyalgia, Carol A. Langford, Bruce C. Gilliland 22. Arthritis Associated with Systemic Disease and Other Arthritides, Carol A. Langford, Bruce Gilliland 23. Periarticular Disorders of the Extremities, Carol A. Langford, Bruce Gilliland Appendix Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance, Alexander Kratz, Michael A. Pesce, Daniel J. Fink Review and Self-Assessment Charles Wiener, Gerald Bloomfield, Cynthia D. Brown, Joshua Schiffer, Adam Spivak Index

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