Table of Contents

1. General Assessment of Patients with Suspected Connective Tissue Disease (CTD) - History-taking and the assessment of symptoms - Examination for signs of CTD - Investigations in a patient with suspected CTD 2. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Definition and pathology - Epidemiology - Presentation of systemic lupus - Diagnosis and differential diagnosis - Monitoring disease activity and distinguishing damage - Principles of management of systemic lupus erythematosus 3. Sjogren's Syndrome - Definition, pathology, and epidemiology - Clinical manifestations and assessment - Classification - Diagnosis and differential diagnosis - Management of Sjogren's syndrome

Reviews

"This is an excellent choice for learning about connective tissue diseases... Compared to other books of this type, this is one of the better choices... The unique pictorial approach to relaying information accelerates the learning process for newcomers." Alfred Kim, Washington University Medical Center