This manual is aimed to serve as a quick and easy reference book for students, clinicians and rheumatologists. It is authored by clinicians and rheumatologists representing each and every corner of India. Using a simple language, it focuses on the clinical aspects of rheumatological diseases.

This edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and has several new contents:

1. The new content includes chapter on basics such as musculoskeletal examination, approach to a patient with suspected connective tissue disease, and joint injections
2. The section on osteoporosis has new chapters on glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, and DEXA scan interpretation
3. Keeping up with the advances in diagnosis and treatment aspects in rheumatology, there is a new chapter on ultrasonography in rheumatology, MRI in rheumatology, small molecules, and stem cell transplant in autoimmune rheumatic disease
4. The section on vasculitis has been greatly expanded and many diseases discussed in separate chapters. Keeping up with the trend on early diagnosis, a chapter on prerheumatoid arthritis has been introduced
5. Orphan diseases such as relapsing polychondritis and adult onset Still’s disease are also covered in this new edition of the Manual.

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