RT Book, Section A1 Gelber, Allan C. A1 Levine, Stuart M. A1 Rosen, Antony A2 Hammer, Gary D. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. SR Print(0) ID 1100864299 T1 Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases T2 Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 7e YR 2013 FD 2013 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-180600-8 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100864299 RD 2024/03/28 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.