Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases

by John H. Klippel and Jr. (Editor) Schumacher, H. Ralph

Book Overview

Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases are a leading cause of disability and affect more than 46 million Americans (including 300,000 children). This book is designed to provide up-to-date information about the major clinical syndromes. It is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive texts on arthritis and related diseases, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, lupus and more than one hundred others. It offers medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387356649
• ISBN13: 9780387356648
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 721 Pages
• Weight: 4.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.1" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Definitely worth having if you're interested in Rheumatology

In medical school, rheumatology is one of those subjects that most medical students cannot really conceptualize and end up memorizing a list of autoimmune diseases along with their specific antibodies. This book has the potential to change this view. I read this book while doing a Rheumatology rotation during my senior year and at the time it was considered the Rheumatology Bible by the attendings. For me, this book has been the best place to understand both the biological basis of rheumatic diseases and the clinical application of that knowledge. This book is for anyone who is interested in understanding Rheumatic Diseases on a deeper level. I think such understanding is essential to any internist regardless of what his or her subspeciality is.

Certainly good but...

...getting too long. This was one of the most useful little books a med student could hope for, a really concise look into a single subject area. I used it for my 4th year elective, then the next edition for my Rheum rotation as a PGY-II, and then throughout Fellowship. I give the latest edition to each med student who rotates through our Rheum clinic, but I find they are less and less impressed by it as the size of the Primer approaches that of a textbook. The information is still excellent, but I think it's getting too big for the niche it has always occupied. If you really want that much info, buy the latest Kelley.

A must read for all medical students and aspiring MDs

This book is a true masterpiece in its succint, yet elegant synopsis of the chief disorders of rheumatology. The clinical correlations are salient and the abundance of photographs and tables provide the reader with a valuable and powerful tool in their conquest of medical illness.

if you can study Rheumatic disease

if you are study Rheumatic disease, this book can help you. good..

A great reference for residents!

The Primer is an excellent learning tool to use during a Rheumatology rotation. It gives overviews on a variety of rheumatologic diseases and issues, in an easily digested form.