RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS:

REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS

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10 Columbus Circle, New York 19, N. Y.

PART I General Incidence of Rheumatic Diseases 2

Classification of Diseases of Joints and Related Structures 5

Diseases Primarily Related to Trauma 5

Arthritis Due to Specific Infectious Agents 8

Rheumatic Fever 19

Sydenham's Chorea 29

Rheumatoid Arthritis 30

Rheumatoid (Ankylosing) Spondylitis 81

Osteoarthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease) 88

PART II Backache and Sciatica 95

Gout and Gouty Arthritis 119

The Uric Acid Problem 144

"Collagen Diseases" 149

Psoriatic Arthritis 162

Reiter's Syndrome 163

Neurotrophic Arthropathy: Charcot's Joints 165

Rheumatic Purpura (Schönlein-Henoch Syndrome) 166

Hemophilic Arthritis 167

Allergic Arthritis 168

Pharmacologic Arthritis and Arthralgia 168

Alkaptonuria, Ochronosis and Ochronic Arthritis

↵* Received for publication July 21, 1960.
The last Review prepared by the Rheumatism Review Committee of the American Rheumatism Association was the Twelfth; it concerned the American and English literature from 1954 and 1955, and was published in the ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, Volume 50, February and March, 1959. This Thirteenth Review is concerned with the literature from 1956, 1957 and 1958. The editorial comments express the opinion of the authors of the Review, the Editorial Committee, and are not necessarily those of the Association.