Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: An Overview of Inflammatory Arthritis; Introduction; What Are the Inflammatory Arthropathies?; Historical Perspectives; Diagnosis; The Concept of Classification Criteria; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Ankylosing Spondylitis; Psoriatic Arthritis; Other Spondyloarthropathies; References; Chapter 2: Epidemiology and Pathology; Epidemiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis; Epidemiology of Seronegative Arthritis; Aetiology of Inflammatory Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies; Pathology of Inflammatory Arthritis; Histology

Lymphocytes Cytokines; Chemokines; Metalloproteinases; Adhesion Molecules, Angiogenesis and Other Mediators; References; Chapter 3: Clinical Features; Synovitis of Peripheral Joints; Symptoms; Joint Swelling and Tenderness; Peripheral Joints Involved; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Psoriatic Arthritis; Other Forms of Spondyloarthropathies; Enthesitis; Spinal Disease; Ankylosing Spondylitis; Other Types of Spondyloarthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Systemic Features; Clinical Course; Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis; Established Rheumatoid Arthritis; Other Inflammatory Arthropathies

Undifferentiated Early Arthritis Extra-articular Disease; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Other Inflammatory Arthropathies; References; Chapter 4: Clinical and Laboratory Assessments; Role of Assessments; Clinical Assessments; Joint Counts; Global Assessments; Pain Scores; Functional Assessments; Generic Health Status Measures; SF-36; EuroQol; Laboratory Assessments; Acute Phase Response; Multi-biomarker Disease Activity (MBDA) Tests; Rheumatoid Factor; Antibodies to Citrullinated Protein Antigens; Imaging; X-Rays in Rheumatoid Arthritis; Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Rheumatoid Arthritis Imaging in Psoriatic Arthritis; Imaging in Ankylosing Spondylitis and Reactive Arthritis; Combined Measures; Core Data Set in Rheumatoid Arthritis; Composite Disease Activity Indices: Disease Activity Score; Simplified Indices; American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Response Criteria; Other Forms of Arthritis; Outcomes; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Psoriatic Arthritis; Ankylosing Spondylitis; References; Chapter 5: Symptomatic Drug Treatment; Introduction; Simple Analgesics; Paracetamol; Opioids; Tramadol; Buprenorphine

Codeine and Dihydrocodeine Compound Analgesics; Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs); Mechanism of Action and Cox I/Cox II Effects; Classification of NSAIDs; Conventional NSAIDs; Cox-2 Drugs (COXIBs); Adverse Reactions to NSAIDs; Gastrointestinal Adverse Effects; Cardiovascular Adverse Effects; Use in Specific Forms of Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Psoriatic Arthritis and Seronegative Spondyloarthritis; Ankylosing Spondylitis; References; Chapter 6: Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs; Background; Currently Used Conventional DMARDs; Starting DMARDs