Rheumatoid Arthritis : : A Definition of the Disease and a Clinical Description Based on a Numerical Study of 293 Patients and Controls / / Charles L. Short, William E. Reynolds, Walter Bauer.

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1957
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:Commonwealth Fund Publications ; 120
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Physical Description:1 online resource (480 p.) :; Zahlr. Abb.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction and Review of Previous Studies
  • 2. Diagnostic Criteria for Selection of Patients
  • 3. Selection of Patients and Controls and Methods of Analysis
  • 4. Scheme of Presentation and Definition of Terms
  • 5. Sex Distribution
  • 6. Age at Onset
  • 7. National Origin
  • 8. Family History
  • 9. Allergic Diseases
  • 10. Illnesses, Operations, and Injuries
  • 11. Occupation
  • 12. The Menopause
  • 13. Prodromal Symptoms
  • 14. Precipitating Factors
  • 15. Type of Onset
  • 16. Joints First Involved
  • 17. Unilateral and Bilateral Joint Involvement
  • 18. Age of Patients on Hospital Admission and Duration of Disease before Admission
  • 19. Course of Disease before Hospital Admission
  • 20. Factors Which Patients Believed to Have Influenced the Course of Their Disease
  • 21. Constitutional Symptoms
  • 22. Vasomotor Symptoms and Signs
  • 23. Neurologic Symptoms and Signs
  • 24. Cardio-respiratory Symptoms and Signs
  • 25. Gastro-intestinal Symptoms
  • 26. Fever
  • 27. Pulse Rate
  • 28. Blood Pressure
  • 29. Eyes
  • 30. Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Liver
  • 31. Skin, Nails , and Tongue
  • 32. Edema, Varicosities, and Clubbing
  • 33. Nodules
  • 34. Joint Examination
  • 35. Gallbladder
  • 36. Colon
  • 37. Foci of Infection
  • 38. Red-Cell, White-Cell, and Differential Counts
  • 39. Urine, Blood Uric Acid, and Blood Non-Protein Nitrogen
  • 40. Gastric Acidity
  • 41. Basal Metabolism and the Thyroid
  • 42. Spondylitis
  • 43. Total Disease Severity and Disease Activity on Hospital Admission
  • 44. Subsequent Course of Disease
  • 45. Summary
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Appendix: Table 47