Rheumatic disease may be polyarticular, monarticular, or nonarticular, and the course may
be acute or chronic. The anatomic distribution may be central or peripheral. A clinical …

Basic to all approaches in diagnosis of arthritis are a complete medical history and a full
physical examination. Laboratory studies can be helpful, but their limitations must be …

In most rheumatic diseases there is a stage when medical treatment is preferable and
another when surgery can be utilized to max-imal advantage. Usually, the two modes of …

Although rheumatoid arthritis is defined clinically by a non-suppurative inflammation of
diarthroidial joints, it is frequently preceded by constitutional symptoms. Thus, initially, there …

As every medical student is taught, rheumatoid arthritis must be differentiated from the other
arthropathies by history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and radiographs. In …

Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine 18 Rheumatic disease Anisur Rahman, Ian Giles Introduction
645 Anatomy and physiology of the normal joint 647 Clinical approach to the patient with …

The term'rheumatic diseases' principally refers to painful disorders of the locomotor system
and diseases of connective tissues. The list of disorders includes:(a) chronic inflammatory …