Comprises the rheumatology and immunology chapters from Harrison's principles of internal medicine. 18th ed. 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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editor, Anthony S. Fauci ; associate editor, Carol A. Langford
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3rd ed
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Introduction to the immune system / Barton F. Haynes, Kelly A. Soderberg, Anthony S. Fauci -- The major histocompatibility complex / Gerald T. Nepom -- Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases / Betty Diamond, Peter E. Lipsky -- Systemic lupus erythematosus / Bevra Hannahs Hahn -- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome / Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos -- Rheumatoid arthritis / Ankoor Shah, E. William St. Clair -- Acute rheumatic fever / Jonathan R. Carapetis -- Systemic sclerosis )scleroderma( and related disorders / John Varga -- Sjogren's syndrome / Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, Athanasios G. Tzioufas -- The spondyloarthritides / Joel D. Taurog -- The vasculitis syndromes / Carol A. Langford, Anthony S. Fauci -- Behcet's syndrome / Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos -- Relapsing polychondritis / Carol A. Langford -- Sarcoidosis / Robert P. Baughman, Elyse E. Lower -- Familial Mediterranean fever and other hereditary recurrent fevers / Daniel L. Kastner -- Amyloidosis / David C. Seldin, Martha Skinner -- Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis / Marinos C. Dalakas -- Approach to articular and musculoskeletal disorders / John J. Cush, Peter E. Lipsky -- Osteoarthritis / David T. Felson -- Gout and other crystal-associated arthropathies / H. Ralph Schumacher, Lan X. Chen -- Infectious arthritis / Lawrence C. Madoff -- Fibromyalgia / Leslie J. Crofford -- Arthritis associated with systemic disease, and other arthritides / Carol A. Langford, Brian F. Mandell -- Periarticular disorders of the extremities / Carol A. Langford, Bruce C. Gilliland