Managing Myositis
A Practical Guide
Editors: Aggarwal, Rohit, Oddis, Chester (Eds.)
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- Covers a variety of disorders such as polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and immune mediated necrotizing myopathy
- Discusses history, physical examination, differential diagnosis, use of diagnostic tests, and management
- Presents practical guidance on the assessment and longitudinal management of myositis and associated co-morbidities
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- About this book
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This comprehensive book serves as a guide in the day-to-day management of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), with a particular emphasis on adult dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), juvenile dermatomyositis, necrotizing myositis, and inclusion body myositis. Practical in nature, it presents IIM concepts in a straightforward fashion, with high-quality figures, algorithms, and flowcharts supplementing each of the expertly authored chapters. The book begins with an introduction to myositis, providing an overview of the myositis basics and what type of patient is affected. Subsequent chapters are organized by the sequence in which a physician often manages myositis, from initial presentation and workup, to diagnosis, treatment, and finally prognostic and long-term outcome factors. The key differentials in various diagnostic studies are thoroughly examined, including electromyography, muscle biopsy, and MRI. Managing Myositis: A Practical Guide is an easy to-read, indispensable resource for internists, rheumatologists, dermatologists, pulmonologists, and neurologists.
- About the authors
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Rohit Aggarwal, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Medical Director, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Center
Co-Director of the UPMC Myositis Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA
Chester V. Oddis, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
School Of Medicine
Director of the Myositis Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA
- Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Introduction to Myositis
Pages 1-6
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Myositis Basics/Who Gets Myositis
Pages 7-15
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Evaluating the Patient with Suspected Myositis
Pages 17-24
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Asymptomatic HyperCKemia
Pages 25-35
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Clinical Features of Myositis: Muscular Manifestations
Pages 37-46
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Managing Myositis
- Book Subtitle
- A Practical Guide
- Editors
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- Rohit Aggarwal
- Chester Oddis
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-15820-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-15820-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-15819-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 364
- Number of Illustrations
- 16 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour
- Topics
