Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology

Dr Clunie was consultant rheumatologist and metabolic bone physician at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge (since 2012) and trustee of the British Society of Rheumatology. He was Rheumatologist in Ipswich, where he set up the first English Fracture Liaison Service in Ipswich. The service has become a model for FLSs in many places worldwide. Dr Clunie's subspecialty interests are rare bone diseases and Spondyloarthritis.Dr Nikiphorou is a consultant rheumatologist at the Whittington Hospital in London and a clinical academic at the Academic Rheumatology department of King's College London. Her clinical and research interests focus on inflammatory arthritis, multimorbidity and patient reported outcomes. Dr Nikiphorou has a number of national and international roles and responsibilities, including being a member of the British Society of Rheumatology Heberden Committee and the Chair of the largest network of young rheumatologists in Europe (EMEUNET).Dr Wilkinson is the George Koukis Lead for the paediatric rheumatology and paediatric chronic pain services at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, which he set up in 2014 to serve South London and South East Coastal Region of England. Prior to this he set up similar tertiary services for Thames Valley when he joined the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford in 2005 bringing his experience from working in Vancouver, Sydney and several centres across the UK. He continues to take many lead roles across national societies and charities in these areas of medicine, with a particular interest in adolescent and young adult care, chronic pain and paediatric sports and exercise medicine.

Review from previous edition This book is very well written, clear and aimed at junior doctors ... Its clarity and conciseness are major strengths.

• Part I: The presentation of rheumatic disease 1: Evaluating rheumatological and musculoskeletal symptoms 2: Musculoskeletal assessment and patterns of disease: making a working diagnosis 3: Regional musculoskeletal symptoms: making a working diagnosis 4: The spectrum of disorders associated with adult rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases Part II: The clinical features and management of rheumatic diseases 5: Rheumatoid arthritis 6: Osteoarthritis 7: Crystal-induced musculoskeletal disease 8: The spondyloarthritides including psoriatic arthritis 9: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 10: Systemic lupus erythematosus 11: Antiphospholipid syndrome 12: Sjögren's syndrome 13: Systemic sclerosis and related disorders 14: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies including polymyositis and dermatomyositis 15: Primary vasculitides 16: Metabolic bone diseases 17: Infection and rheumatic disease 18: Rare autoinflammatory and miscellaneous diseases 19: Hereditary disorders of connective tissue 20: Common upper limb musculoskeletal lesions 21: Spinal disorders and back pain 22: Chronic pain syndromes Part III: Medicine management and emergencies 23: Drugs used in rheumatology practice 24: Glucocorticoid injection therapy 25: Rheumatological emergencies