1st Edition

Scientific Basis of Healthcare Arthritis

Edited By Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy Copyright 2012
    150 Pages 4 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Healthcare has been transformed from a “this is what you do” concept to a profession that has a significant educational and scientific basis with an ethos of evidence-based material. The demand for comprehensive and focused evidenced-based text and scientific literature covering single areas of nursing and healthcare science or treatment has also increased. This then is the rational for the present series. The volume on Arthritis covers, rheumatoid arthritis, cytokines, leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors, alleles, cardiovascular risk, disease outcomes, treatment protocols, and drugs for arthritis.

    Rheumatoid Arthritis, V. Ruffing
    Disease Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Roisin Adams
    Cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Pia Isomäki
    Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptors in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Nicodemus Tedla and Ahmer Hameed
    Alleles and Rheumatoid Arthritis, María Verónica Aguirre-Arias, Carlos Vallejo Flores and Colin R. Martin
    Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Elena Bartoloni, Alessia Alunno and Roberto Gerli
    Drugs in Arthritis—An Overview, Stefano Alivernini, Elisa Gremese and Gianfranco Ferraccioli
    Drugs in Focus in Arthritis—Leflunomide, Stefano Alivernini, Elisa Gremese and Gianfranco Ferraccioli

    Biography

    Colin R. Martin: Chair in Mental Health, School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of Scotland, UK

    Victor R. Preedy: Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, King’s College London and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, King’s College Hospital, UK