Conditions

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Teaching Rheumatology in Haiti

Ronald J. Anderson, MD | July 1, 2014

Rheumatologist Ronald J. Anderson, MD, describes volunteer experience with medical residents, teaching rheumatology

Letters: UCLA Study on HLA-B27 Link with Ankylosing Spondylitis at Forefront

Daniel J. Wallace, MD, FACP, FACR | July 1, 2014

Researchers Scholosstein et al were first to connection HLA antigens to the inflammatory disease, not Brewerton et al as reported [The Rheumatologist, May 2014]

Rheumatologists May Help Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Overcome Obstacles to Sex

David C. Holzman | July 1, 2014

By asking about their sexual relationships, rheumatologists can improve quality of patients’ love lives

Malignant Atrophic Papulosis Is Challenging to Diagnose, Treat

Aixa Toledo-Garcia, MD, Jessica Farrell, PharmD, & Lee Shapiro, MD | July 1, 2014

Patient histories, clinician reports of condition also called Köhlmeier-Degos disease underscore need for integrated, multidisciplinary care

Aggregated Neutrophils Limit Inflammation

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | June 30, 2014

A new study suggests understanding this antiinflammatory pathway may lead to new immunomodulatory therapy for resolving inflammation

Medical Marijuana Use by Rheumatology Patients Needs Closer Look

Richard Quinn | June 20, 2014

Study calls for more research into drug’s safety, side effects before rheumatologists prescribe pot to patients with chronic pain

ADA2 Mutation Connects Vascular Pathology to Immunodeficiency

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | June 13, 2014

Two new studies that examine the effects of a genetic defect in adenosine deaminase 2 may advance a gene-based definition of vasculopathy

Rheumatology Drug Updates, Trials, Safety Data

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | June 1, 2014

Legislative news on biosimilars, safety warning on epidural corticosteroid injections, and other drug updates rheumatologists need to know

What’s New in Inflammatory Arthritis?

Thomas R. Collins | June 1, 2014

Rheumatology experts at the ACR’s State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium in Chicago discuss latest drug therapies, insights into axial spondyloarthritis and bone erosion, repair

Case Study in Dermatology: Familial Sarcoidosis/Blau Syndrome

Johanna Sheu, MS, & Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc | June 1, 2014

Test your diagnostic knowledge with this case of multiple erythematous, slightly hyperpigmented waxy papules coalescing into plaques without scale over both distal lower extremities