Learning objectives
<br />Know the main inflammatoryand degenerative Rheumatic Diseases; know how to describe them from a clinicaland diagnostic point of view; know the main therapeutic strategies andimplications
Course unit content
<br /> Classification ofRheumatic Diseases<br />- Inflammatory Arthropathies ( (diagnosis, , diagnosticproblems, clinical features, therapy)<br />a) Rheumatoid Arthritis<br />b) ) Seronegative spondyloarthritis ( (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's Syndrome)<br />-Sjogren’s syndrome<br />- Connective tissuediseases (diagnosis, , diagnostic problems, clinical features, therapy)<br />a) LES?<br />b)Scleroderma?<br />c)Dermato polymyositis<br /> <br />-Vasculitis (diagnosis, , diagnostic problems, clinical features, therapy)<br />a)Polymyalgia Rheumatica?<br />b)Temporal artheritis<br /> <br />-Osteoarthritis (diagnosis, , diagnostic problems, clinical features, therapy)<br /> <br />-Microcrystalline Arthropathies (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinicalaspects)<br />-Extra-articular rheumatism: Fibromyalgia (diagnosis, , diagnosticproblems, clinical features, therapy)<br /> <br />-Paget’s disease<br />-Osteoporosis<br />-Algodystrophy<br /> <br />-Rheumatic Diseases Therapy<br /> NSAIDs<br /> Corticosteroids<br />DMARDS<br /> Chondroprotective agents
Bibliography
<br />BIBLIOGRAPHY:<br />MALATTIEREUMATICHE<br />S.TODESCO, P.F GAMBARI<br />ED. MAC GRAW HILL<br /> <br />PROFESSOR'S NOTES