Clinical Examples in Pediatric Rheumatology

The book provides an introduction to the differential diagnosis and decision-making in pediatric rheumatological diseases through typical and real cases. One of the aspects in the discussion of various case scenarios is the avoidance of errors and error management. The casebook is useful for specialists and trainees in pediatrics, young doctors, and anyone on the path to specialization in pediatric rheumatology. From the ContentJuvenile idiopathic arthritis - Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) - Lyme arthritis - Systemic lupus erythematosus - Dermatomyositis - Scleroderma and Sharp syndrome - Kawasaki syndrome - Periodic fever syndromes - Takayasu arteritis - Behçet's disease - APLAID syndrome - Immunodeficiency diseases - Osteomyelitis - Pain amplification syndromes The EditorsPrim. Univ. Prof. Dr. Christian Huemer, Specialist in Pediatrics, is the Head Physician at the State Hospital in Bregenz and leads the Pediatrics Department. Prof. Dr. Hermann Josef Girschick, Specialist in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, is the Director of the Department of Pediatrics at Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain in Berlin. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.