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Once you try it you'll wonder how you ever practiced medicine without it! The new and expanded Thompson's Rheumatology 2006 PDA edition is now available for your Palm or Pocket PC device. With all of the same trusted information as the 2005 edition, the new version brings rheumatologists, internists, and primary care physicians 5 new chapters which makes it the most convenient and comprehensive rheumatology reference available today.

New content includes:

The Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Chapters are new for 2006 as part of our commitment to creating the most comprehensive rheumatologic reference. These chapters highlight valuable information about juvenile idiopathic arthritis in its three common presentations as well as provide management strategies for such cases.

The Sarcoidosis Chapter adds a discussion of this infiltative granulomatous disease as well as a number of rheumatic manifestations. These rheumatic manifestations are highlighted for quick and clear retrieval of the information. Additional investigative and treatment strategies are also discussed.

The new Cutaneous Vasculitis Chapter details the presentation of this inflammatory disease and provides trusted differential diagnosis, investigative strategy, and management information.

Thompson's Rheumatology is a must have as it is not only the most popular and most trusted portable rheumatology reference, but it is now even more complete with the most comprehensive information available. Thompson's Rheumatology is written by rheumatologists who have extensive experience with vast number of diseases contained in this reference and have valuable insights into the use of the medications that will not be found anywhere else.

Includes a 12 Month Subscription of Automatic Updates:

A 12 month Subscription entitles you to 12 months of automatic content and application updates. When the program is installed to your PDA, simply synchronize your PDA with your computer while connected to the internet to receive the latest updates. You can still use the application after the 12 month subscription expires, but you will no longer receive updates.

PC requirements:

- Windows 98/NT/2000/XP with 128MB Ram
- Free space on hard drive: 11MB for Palm/ 44MB for PPC
- Palm Desktop 4.1.4 or greater (if using Palm)
- Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5 or greater (if using PocketPC)
- BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.1 or higher (4.2 recommended)

Palm PDA requirements:

- Palm OS 3.5.3 or greater
- 2.9MB of available memory ( additional main memory may be needed when installed to memory card* )

PocketPC PDA requirements:

- Windows CE 3.0/Windows Mobile 2000 or greater
- Up to 8.3MB of available memory
- Only devices with touch screens are supported

*all VFS compliant memory cards and memory sticks are compatible