The Encyclopedia of Arthritis

401 Pages·2003·2.41 MB·English

by  C. Michael Stein

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
ARTHRITIS

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
ARTHRITIS
C. Michael Stein, M.D.
Guy Taylor, M.D.
The Encyclopedia of Arthritis
Copyright © 2004 by C. Michael Stein and Guy Taylor
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Stein, C. Michael (Charles Michael)
The encyclopedia of arthritis / C. Michael Stein, Guy Taylor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Arthritis—Encyclopedias. I. Taylor, Guy, M.D. II. Title.
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
Introduction ix
Entries A–Z 1
Appendixes 295
Glossary 339
Bibliography 345
Index 353

PREFACE
This book is intended to provide educational infor- the various conditions described and the monitoring
mation to the public about arthritis and related of patients must be performed by their physicians.
illnesses. It is not intended to substitute for any aspect Readers should use the knowledge gained to work
of medical care. The authors have made every effort with their physicians to optimize their medical care
to provide information that is up-to-date, accurate, and should not alter their medical care based on
and useful. However, the diagnosis and treatment of information provided in this book.
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INTRODUCTION
Arthritis and related conditions affect millions of patients with arthritis, their families, and anyone
people and cause pain, disability, and, for some interested in understanding musculoskeletal illness.
conditions, increased mortality. Arthritis is difficult Small-capital terms for arthritis and related con-
to understand because there are hundreds of differ- ditions in each section are cross-referenced in
ent arthritis-related conditions and many different the main text of entries. Drug names in small-cap-
treatments for them. It is difficult to obtain accu- ital letters are further detailed in Appendix I.
rate, unbiased information because much of the Finally, terms in small capitals relating to labora-
popular literature focuses on miracle cures. This tory and diagnostic tests are expanded upon in
book sets out to provide concise and accurate infor- Appendix II. Occasionally, a reference to Appendix
mation about a wide range of arthritis-related top- I or to Appendix II appears following a term in the
ics and to act as a comprehensive resource for main text.
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