Scope of the Series

Rheumatology is a branch of medicine dealing with different conditions that affect musculoskeletal tissues such as joints, bones, cartilage, tendons, ligament and muscles. It is devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of various rheumatic diseases. Despite vast recent developments in this field, we are still searching for better technologies that might prevent and cure these diseases. This book series includes all the latest updates in the field of rheumatology.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Basic Rheumatology 1**

Wahid Ali Khan

Chapter 3 **Raynaud's Phenomenon 27**

Hulya Bukulmez

Kizek

Chapter 5 **Osteonecrosis of the Jaws 69**

**Section 2 Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis 83**

**Rheumatoid Arthritis 107** Rie Kurose and Takashi Sawai

Chapter 2 **Molecular Imaging 9**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Rheumatology 3**

Chapter 4 **Longitudinal Growth in Rheumatologic Conditions: Current**

Chapter 6 **Cardiovascular Safety of Anti-TNF and Non-TNF Biological Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis 85** Codrina Ancuta, Claudia Mihailov and Eugen Ancuta

Chapter 7 **Efficacy of SSEA-3 Positive Cells Derived from Synovial Tissue in**

**and Emerging Treatments of Growth Delay in Children with**

Vladimira Schwartzova, Marcel Riznic, Branislav Borza and Peter

Leszek Królicki and Adrian Michno

**Chronic Autoimmune Diseases 47**

Sevdalina Nikolova Lambova
