Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rovenský, Jozef (Editor), Leeb, Burkhard (Editor), Štvrtinová, Viera (Editor), Imrich, Richard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Rheumatology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319522227
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52222-7
• Physical Description: VIII, 222 p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.

This book, now in an extensively updated and expanded third edition, offers important insights into polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), providing an overview of their pathophysiology, genetics, immunology, and endocrinological mechanisms but above all presenting the state of...