TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases A1 - Gelber, Allan C. A1 - Levine, Stuart M. A1 - Rosen, Antony A2 - Hammer, Gary D. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. PY - 2013 T2 - Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 7e AB - The inflammatory rheumatic diseases form a group of disorders that are highly variable in their phenotypic expression. However, they have in common the presence of localized and/or systemic inflammation, which results in characteristic connective tissue and internal organ damage. Among these diseases, the specific clinical and pathologic features of each disorder likely reflect the initiating and propagating stimuli that determine the specific tissues targeted, and the inflammatory effector mechanisms that predominate. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/09 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100864299 ER -