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What Rheumatologists Should Look for in Diagnosing SAPHO Syndrome

Richard Brasington, MD | November 1, 2012

SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) is an obscure condition that can vex patients and clinicians

As Population Ages, Rheumatologists Prepare to Treat Elderly Patients with More Comorbidities

Vanessa Caceres | November 1, 2012

Cardiovascular disease, diabetes are among the conditions that add another layer of complexity in treating older rheumatology patients

Rheumatology Drug Updates: Apremilast, Golimumab, and More

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | November 1, 2012

Information on new approvals and medication safety rheumatologists need to know

Common Eponyms in Rheumatology

Prakash Pispati, MD | October 17, 2012

Behcet’s syndrome Caplan syndrome Charcot’s joints Churg-Strauss Syndrome Cogan’s syndrome Crohn’s disease DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis Dupuytren’s contracture Farber’s disease Felty’s syndrome Francoise syndrome Gaucher’s disease Handigodu syndrome Heberden’s nodes Henoch-Schönlein purpura Hoffa’s disease Hughes Syndrome (Antiphospholipid syndrome) Jaccoud’s syndrome Kashin-Beck disease Kawasaki disease Leri’s pleonosteosis Libman Sachs endocarditis Lyme arthritis Lofgren syndrome Morton’s Metatarsalgia Osgood-Schlatter’s disease…

A Few Acronyms and Indices in OMERACT

Prakash Pispati, MD | October 17, 2012

HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire DAS28: Disease Activity Score DAS: Psoriatic Arthritis: ACR Core Data Set and Disease Activity Score PsARC: Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria PSAI: Psoriasis Area and Severity Index SLEDAI: SLE Disease Activity Score BILAG: British Isles Lupus Activity Score SLAM: Systemic Lupus Activity Measure LAI: Lupus Activity Index ECLAM: European Consensus Lupus Activity…

Fellow’s Forum Case Report: True Vasculitis or Vasculitis Mimic?

Reeti K. Joshi, MD, Richa Gupta, MD, Hyon Ju Park, MD, Christine Pham, MD, and Leslie Kahl, MD | October 1, 2012

Rheumatologists face the emerging picture of cocaine and levamisole-associated vasculopathy in clinical practice

Treat to Target: Rheumatoid Arthritis in Pregnant Patients

Eliza F. Chakravarty, MD, MS | October 1, 2012

A treat-to-target approach to managing rheumatoid arthritis can work even in pregnant women

ACR Releases Guidelines for Gout Management

Kathy Holliman | October 1, 2012

The American College of Rheumatology’s two-part guidelines stress the need for treating to target, more aggressive management, and therapy

How Microbes, Mycobacteria, and Metastases May Alter the Way We Look at Rheumatic Diseases

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | October 1, 2012

Studying the relationships between microbes and their hosts, the role for Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) as a vaccine for Type I diabetes, and emotional stress and bone metastases

Nomenclature, Semantics, Jargon, Lingo, Eponyms, Etymology, and Terminology in Rheumatology

Prakash Pispati | October 1, 2012

Why rheumatologists must coin simple, comprehensible terms for what we read, speak and write to our patients