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Title Dictionary of rheumatology / Jozef Rovenský and Juraj Payer (eds.) ; with contributions by Roy B. Clague [and others]
Published Wien ; New York : Springer, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations
Contents A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z
Summary Rheumatic Diseases and Osteoporosis are very common diseases. Recently the prevalence of Arthritis among American citizens is documented with 20 per cent. This dictionary provides a comprehensive list of common terms and definitions in clinical rheumatology and osteology. It contains systematical descriptions selected from diseases of the locomotor apparatus, including osteoporosis, and important laboratory findings with special reference to the immunological parameters, which are essential for a correct definition of rheumatologic disorders. Another focus is placed on general principles of the pharmacological treatment, including Biologicals and modern therapy. The book also provides information about the individual disorders from the field of mineral metabolism and metabolic osteopathy's, and covers basic issues of rheumatic surgery as well as general entries from the fields of physical medicine and physiotherapy, including a system of functional assessment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230)
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In Springer eBooks
Subject Rheumatology -- Dictionaries
Rheumatism -- Dictionaries
Rheumatism.
Rheumatology.
Rheumatic Diseases
Rheumatology
MEDICAL -- Rheumatology.
Rheumatology.
Rheumatism.
Rheumatology -- English.
Rheumatic Diseases -- English.
Rheumatism
Rheumatology
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Form Electronic book
Author Rovenský, Jozef
Payer, Juraj
Clague, Roy B
LC no. 2008940520
ISBN 9783211685846
3211685847
9783211792803
3211792805
Other Titles Dictionary of rheumatic disease