Product Description Referred to as the "Bible of Rheumatology," this two-volume reference has an established reputation as the definitive source of rheumatologic information. The Fourteenth Edition offers new contributors and 5 new chapters, 11 restructured chapters, and significant updates to other chapters. Other features include expanded coverage of lupus and a new chapter devoted to its treatment; new chapters titled Genetic Basis of the Rheumatic Diseases, Non-HLA Genes, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Arthritis in the Elderly, and Paget's Disease; and additional illustrations, most in full color. This clinical text is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference for practitioners. Book Info Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham. Brandon/Hill Medical first-purchase selection (#549). Comprehensive clinical reference reviews the advances made since 1996. Includes a new chapter on proteoglycans, and on the HLA complex and the role of non-HLA genes in the pathogenesis of rheumatic disease. Color and halftone illustrations. DNLM: Arthritis.