Contents:

Preface 5

Acknowledgments 6

CHAPTER 1 Introduction 7

CHAPTER 2 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 13

CHAPTER 3 Spondyloarthropathies and reactive arthropathies 37

CHAPTER 4 Lupus erythematosus 61

CHAPTER 5 Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies 87

CHAPTER 6 Vasculitis 105

CHAPTER 7 Scleroderma in children 123

CHAPTER 8 Autoinflammatory diseases 139

References 155

Abbreviations 169

Index 171

Physicians caring for children with rheumatic disease need a varied and highly developed set of clinical skills, including general pediatrics, immunology, musculoskeletal medicine and the management of chronic diseases.With these requirements in mind, the authors of this concise handbook emphasize the most frequently recognized symptom complexes in Common terms and phrases
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