Paget’s Disease of Bone
Fig. 33.1 Clinical symptoms of Paget’s disease shown by imaging methods. (a) Female patient with more than 20-year history of untreated disease. Significant skull bone changes and complete loss of…
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Relapsing Polychondritis
Fig. 10.1 Red and swollen auricles tender to palpation in relapsing polychondritis 10.5 Arthropathy in Relapsing Polychondritis RP quite often involves joints usually independently of other manifestations. The clinical features…
Systemic Enzyme Therapy in Comprehensive Treatment of Degenerative Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jozef Rovenský (ed.)Gerontorheumatology10.1007/978-3-319-31169-2_35 35. Systemic Enzyme Therapy in Comprehensive Treatment of Degenerative Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly Martin Wald1 and Jozef Rovenský2, 3 (1) Department of Surgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine,…
Rehabilitation in Rheumatic Diseases
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jozef Rovenský (ed.)Gerontorheumatology10.1007/978-3-319-31169-2_31 31. Rehabilitation in Rheumatic Diseases Helena Tauchmannová1 and Zuzana Popracová1 (1) National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piestany, Slovakia Helena Tauchmannová (Corresponding author) Email: vara.tauchmannova@gmail.com Zuzana Popracová Email: z.popracova@gmail.com…
Drug-Induced Rheumatic Syndromes
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jozef Rovenský (ed.)Gerontorheumatology10.1007/978-3-319-31169-2_30 30. Drug-Induced Rheumatic Syndromes Jozef HoljenčíkJr.1 , Jozef Rovenský2, 3 and Milan Kriška4 (1) Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery orthopaedic clinic, University Hospital Martin, Martin, Slovakia (2) National Institute…
Pharmacological Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jozef Rovenský (ed.)Gerontorheumatology10.1007/978-3-319-31169-2_29 29. Pharmacological Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases Marta Olejárová1 (1) Clinic of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic Marta Olejárová Email: olejarova@revma.cz Older patients (over the…
Nutrition and Osteoporosis
Fig. 25.1 Composition of a balanced diet (According to WHO) General and nutrition factors preventing development of osteoporosis, including major risk factors: Age is a major risk factor – osteoporosis…
Senile Osteoporosis
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jozef Rovenský (ed.)Gerontorheumatology10.1007/978-3-319-31169-2_24 24. Senile Osteoporosis Petr Broulík1 (1) 3rd Department of Internal Medicine – Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital,…
Bone and Joint Involvement in Celiac Disease
Fig. 22.1 Clinical manifestations of celiac disease 22.3 Diagnosis of Celiac Disease Diagnosis is established on the basis of biopsy. In adults biopsy taken from descending duodenum distal to the…
