Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, 8th Edition

• Offers expanded coverage of autoinflammatory diseases, plus new chapters on Takayasu Arteritis and Other Vasculitides, Mechanistic Investigation of Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Genetics and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, and Global Issues in Pediatric Rheumatology.
• Reflects the changes in diagnosis, monitoring, and management that recent advances have made possible.
• Covers the latest information on small molecule treatment, biologics, biomarkers, epigenetics, biosimilars, and cell-based therapies, helping you choose treatment protocols based on the best scientific evidence available today.
• Features exhaustive reviews of the complex symptoms, signs, and lab abnormalities that characterize these clinical disorders.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

By Ross E Petty, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Professor Emeritus, Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Ronald M. Laxer, MDCM, FRCPC, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Carol B Lindsley, MD, FAAP, MACR, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine; Chief of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; Lucy Wedderburn, MD, MA, PhD, FRCP, Professor in Paediatric Rheumatology, Institute of Child Health, University College London; Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology Great Ormond Street Hospital National Health Service Trust, London, Great Britain; Robert C Fuhlbrigge, MD PhD, Children’s Hospital Colorado University of Colorado- Denver and Elizabeth D. Mellins, MD, Department of Pediatrics Stanford University School of Medicine