Pocket Reference to Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Paul Emery

Pocket Reference to Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Paul Emery

Written by a world-renowned expert in rheumatology this book serves as a refresher for GPs and hospital doctors containing practical diagnostic and treatment advice.

Reviews clinical developments and guidelines, and places them into everyday clinical practice

Stresses the importance of early and aggressive treatment

Concise but comprehensive whilst being loaded with illustrations including imaging examples all presented in pocket sized format

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common and serious inflammatory arthritis, resulting in joint destruction, functional impairment and increased mortality. The outcome of the disease, however, has improved considerably in recent years with the availability of effective therapies and the recognition that early intensive treatment strategies result in better outcomes.

This book has been designed to increase physician awareness of the importance of early and intensive treatment - a key pharmaceutical strategy in rheumatoid arthritis.

the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine and the Director of the Leeds

Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in Leeds, United

Kingdom. Professor Emery was the President of the European League Against Rheumatism

(EULAR) from 2009-2011 and has served on the editorial boards major rheumatology journals

including Rheumatology, Arthritis and Rheumatism, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical

and Experimental Rheumatology, and Clinical Rheumatology. He was the inaugural President of

International Extremity MRI Society (ISEMIR) and is a National Institute for Health Research

(NIHR) Senior Investigator. Professor Emery is a recipient of the Roche Biennial Award for

Clinical Rheumatology; the Rheumatology Hospital Doctor of the Year Award; the EULAR

Prize for outstanding contribution to rheumatology research; and the Carol Nachman Prize

for outstanding rheumatology research. Professor Emery's research interests center around the

immunopathogenesis and immunotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, and connective

tissue diseases. He has a special interest in the factors leading to persistent inflammation

and has published over 950 peer-reviewed articles in this area.