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n each chapter of The Musculoskeletal System a major disease is introduced by a clinical case. Explanation of the relevant anatomy, physiology and biochemistry follows so that the reader gains an integrated understanding of the basic science of the system and of its diseases and their treatment.The Musculoskeletal System will be ideal for medical students, and also for students of other health professions taking system-based courses.Table of Contents1 Rheumatoid arthritis and the hand by Leslie Schrieber 2 Soft tissue rheumatic disease involving the shoulder and elbow by David H. Sonnabend 3 Nerve compression syndromes by Michael Tonkin 4 Back pain by Les Barnsley 5 Bone structure and function in normal and disease states by Philip Sambrook 6 Articular cartilage in health and disease by Lyn March 7 Crystal arthropathies and the ankle by Neil McGill 8 Disorders of skeletal muscle by Rodger Laurent 9 Autoimmunity and the musculoskeletal system by Peter Wong and Nicholas Manolios 10 Trauma and the musculoskeletal system by Andrew Ellis and Thomas Taylor 11 Infection and the musculoskeletal system by Sydney Nade