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Preface Page 1 of 3 PRINTED FROM OXFORD MEDICINE ONLINE (www.oxfordmedicine.com). © Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single chapter of a title in Oxford Medicine Online for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy ). Subscriber: Cristian Ninulescu; date: 16 July 2015 Publisher: Oxford University Press Print Publication Date: Oct 2013 Print ISBN-13: 9780199642489 Published online: Oct 2013 DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199642489.001.0001 Oxford Medicine Online Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology (4 ed.) Edited by Richard A. Watts, Philip G. Conaghan, Christopher Denton, Helen Foster, John Isaacs, and Ulf Müller-Ladner Latest update In November 2014, 80 chapters were updated. Numerous updates have been made – including to the chapters on Rheumatoid Arthritis, the Genetics and Environment section, the Management section, and much more. We also welcome two new authors – Sebastien Viatte and Charles Raine. Preface The science of rheumatology has progressed enormously since the third edition of the Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology was published in 2004. There have been major developments in all the major subspecialities of rheumatology and rheumatologists are enjoying the fruits of the biotechnology revolution, with a cornucopia of biological agents in routine clinical practice or in development. In keeping with a new editorial team the content of the book has been thoroughly revised, while retaining the broad structure of the previous editions which were a distinctive feature of the book. The number of chapters has increased from 126 to 173, reflecting the increasing breadth of knowledge. New chapters have been written reflecting the changing face of rheumatology. We have expanded the imaging section to include separate chapters on each of the main modalities, and chapters on therapeutics cover the new biologic agents including areas that we foresee becoming mainstream during the life of the book.
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Oxford Textbook of RheumatologyFourth EditionEdited by Richard A. Watts, Philip G. Conaghan, Christopher Denton, Helen Foster, John Isaacs, and Ulf Müller-Ladner
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Publisher: OxfordUniversityPress PrintPublicationDate: Oct2013PrintISBN-13: 9780199642489 Publishedonline: Oct2013DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199642489.001.0001
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OxfordTextbookofRheumatology(4ed.)EditedbyRichardA.Watts,PhilipG.Conaghan,ChristopherDenton,HelenFoster,JohnIsaacs,andUlfMller-Ladner
LatestupdateInNovember2014,80chapterswereupdated.NumerousupdateshavebeenmadeincludingtothechaptersonRheumatoidArthritis,theGeneticsandEnvironmentsection,theManagementsection,andmuchmore.WealsowelcometwonewauthorsSebastienViatteandCharlesRaine.
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ThescienceofrheumatologyhasprogressedenormouslysincethethirdeditionoftheOxfordTextbookofRheumatologywaspublishedin2004.Therehavebeenmajordevelopmentsinallthemajorsubspecialitiesofrheumatologyandrheumatologistsareenjoyingthefruitsofthebiotechnologyrevolution,withacornucopiaofbiologicalagentsinroutineclinicalpracticeorindevelopment.
Inkeepingwithaneweditorialteamthecontentofthebookhasbeenthoroughlyrevised,whileretainingthebroadstructureofthepreviouseditionswhichwereadistinctivefeatureofthebook.Thenumberofchaptershasincreasedfrom126to173,reflectingtheincreasingbreadthofknowledge.Newchaptershavebeenwrittenreflectingthechangingfaceofrheumatology.Wehaveexpandedtheimagingsectiontoincludeseparatechaptersoneachofthemainmodalities,andchaptersontherapeuticscoverthenewbiologicagentsincludingareasthatweforeseebecomingmainstreamduringthelifeofthebook.
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Textbooksofthissizeareoftenviewedinthemodernelectronicageofrapidrevisionasbeingossifiedandoutofdatebeforepublication.We,however,believe,asdoourpublishersOxfordUniversityPress,thattextbooksstillhaveavaluableplace.Muchofthecorpusofknowledgecontainedwithintextbookschangesquiteslowly;principlesandpracticeofexamination,clinicalfeaturesofdiseaseandassessment.Chaptersonpathogenesisandtreatmentbecomeoutdatedmorequicklyandweareplanningaregularcycleofupdates.Inadditiontocompletelyrevisingtext,wehaveintroducedcolourthroughoutthebook.
Electronicbookshavebecomewidespreadsincethelasteditionandinadditiontoaprinteditionweareproducinganonlineversion,whichisnotmerelytheprintversionreproducedbuthasenhancedfunctionalitywithdirectlinkstoreferences,videoimages,andlinksbetweenrelevantsections.TheabilitytousevideoenablesuseofmultisliceMRandCTtobeavailableandrealtimeultrasound.
WeoweahugedebttotheeditorsofthepreviouseditionsDavidIsenberg,PeterMaddision,PatriciaWoo,DavidGlass,andFerdinandBreedveldwhoassembledandproducedthreesplendideditions.Theyfeltthatthetimehadcome,nearlyadecadeafterthewritingofthethirdedition,thatafresheditorialteamwasneeded.
RichardA.Watts
Ipswich,UK
PhilipG.Conaghan
Leeds,UK
ChristopherDenton
London,UK
HelenFoster
NewcastleuponTyne,UK
JohnIsaacs
NewcastleuponTyne,UK
UlfMller-Ladner
BadNauheim,Germany
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