Pediatric Rheumatology A Clinical Viewpoint
This book on rheumatology in children is intended to be a handy tool for all professionals interested in this field. It is divided into five sections: General considerations, arthritic problems, connective tissue diseases, systemic vasculitides and finall
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Pediatric Rheumatology
Sujata Sawhney • Amita Aggarwal Editors
Pediatric Rheumatology A Clinical Viewpoint
Editors Sujata Sawhney Pediatric Rheumatology Division Institute of Child Health Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi India
Amita Aggarwal Department of Clinical Immunology Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow India
ISBN 978-981-10-1749-0 ISBN 978-981-10-1750-6 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1750-6
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Foreword
I am honoured to be asked to provide a foreword for this book by its editors. It represents a significant educational and reference landmark. The editors have collated the latest knowledge in pediatric rheumatology written by an international faculty, many with regional authors and co-authors. This book is in an easy to understand format for the clinician, and in the context of the demographics of Southeast Asia. It is well known that although there are many similarities between the diseases described in mainly Caucasian populations, there are also epidemiological, genetic and phenotypic differences which influence what the pediatrician will see in the clinic in this region. What is enduring and fascinating about medicine is that there are always patients that fail to conform to textbooks and guidelines. So the clinician will still need to use their powers of observation and analysis, and not stop thinking once a diagnosis is made. Childhood rheumatic diseases have a habit of changing with time. This book serves as a manual to clinicians, with basic discussions of the pathologies that
