Landmark Papers in Rheumatology

Rheumatic disease is a major cause of morbidity and disability in the Western world. There have been major developments in our understanding of the causes of rheumatic disease and in their treatment during the last half-century, and there are relatively few papers which can be regarded as truly 'landmark' in their construction and subsequent findings.
Part of the Landmark Papers in series, this book provides a detailed review of the seminal papers that have paved the way for breakthroughs in the clinical management of the entire spectrum of rheumatic diseases.

David G. I. Scott, Consultant Rheumatologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Foundation NHS Trust; Honorary Professor University of East Anglia, UK, ,Richard A. Watts, Consultant Rheumatologist, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust; Clinical Senior Lecturer University of East Anglia, Department of Rheumatology, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, UK,

Professor David G. I. Scott is a Consultant Rheumatologist Norfolk and Norwich University Foundation NHS Trust, and an Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia.


Dr Richard A. Watts qualified from Oxford University Medical School in 1982. He undertook general medical training at the Whittington Hospital, London. In 1988, he was appointed research fellow in the Department of Rheumatology University College London where he undertook research and wrote his doctoral thesis on the idiotypic specificity of human monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies. He has held posts at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and Ipswich Hospital. Dr Watts has been a Trustee of the British Society for Rheumatology and Chair of the organizing committee of the annual scientific meeting. He was editor in chief of Rheumatology between 2002 and 2008. He is lead editor of the Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology.

1. Epidemiology and genetics, James Bluett, Suzanne Verstappen, and Deborah Symmons
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Adam Young and Elena Nikiphorou
3. Spondyloarthropathies, Carmel Stober and Hill Gaston
4. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Benjamin Parker and Ian Bruce
5. Vasculitis, Daivd Scott and Haroon Khan
6. Osteoarthritis, Iain Goff and Fraser Birrel
7. Gout and Crystal Arthropathies, Lorna Clarson and Edward Roddy
8. Paediatric Rheumatology, Nicola Ambrose and John Ioannou
9. Metabolic Bone Disease, Ashok Bhalla and Tehseen Ahmed
10. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Marfan syndrome, Alan Hakim and Asma Fikree