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Your smallest patients pose big clinical challenges on a daily basis. Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, 5th Edition, equips you with the guidance you need to select the best approaches to rheumatologic and non-rheumatologic musculoskeletal disorders found in children and adolescents. Drs. Cassidy and Petty - the founding fathers of pediatric rheumatology - present essential coverage that integrates important new scientific advances and clinical developments in musculoskeletal disorders. Inside the thoroughly updated 5th Edition you'll find exhaustive reviews of the major clinical syndromes, describing the complex web of symptoms, signs, and lab abnormalities characteristic of these disorders, as well as discussions of the presentation, differential diagnosis, course, management, and prognosis for every major condition. Featuring the work of the field's leading authorities, Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, 5th Edition, is the comprehensive and clinically indispensable resource you need to offer your smallest patients the greatest treatment outcomes! Book jacket.