Comprises the rheumatology and immunology chapters from Harrison's principles of internal medicine. 19th edition. 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the immune system / Barton F. Haynes, Kelly A. Soderberg, Anthony S. Fauci -- The major histocompatibility complex / Gerald T. Nepom -- Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases / Betty Diamond, Peter E. Lipsky -- Systemic lupus erythematosus / Bevra Hannahs Hahn -- Antiphospholipid syndrome / Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos -- Rheumatoid arthritis / Ankoor Shah, E. William St. Clair -- Acute rheumatic fever / Jonathan R. Carapetis -- Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) and related disorders / John Varga -- Sjogren's syndrome / Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, Athanasios G. Tzioufas -- The spondyloarthritides / Joel D. Taurog, John D. Carter -- The vasculitis syndromes / Carol A. Langford, Anthony S. Fauci -- Behcet's syndrome / Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos -- Relapsing polychondritis / Carol A. Langford -- Sarcoidosis / Robert P. Baughman, Elyse E. Lower -- IgG4-related disease / John H. Stone -- Familial mediterranean fever and other hereditary autoinflammatory diseases / Daniel L. Kastner -- Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis / Marinos C. Dalakas -- Approach to articular and musculoskeletal disorders / John J. Cush -- Osteoarthritis / David T. Felson -- Gout and other crystal-associated arthropathies / H. Ralph Schumacher, Lan X. Chen -- Infectious arthritis / Lawrence C. Madoff -- Fibromyalgia / Leslie J. Crofford -- Arthritis associated with systemic disease, and other arthritides / Carol A. Langford, Brian F. Mandell -- Periarticular disorders of the extremities / Carol A. Langford.