Müller-Ladner, Claudia Müller-Ladner, Ulf
Published in
Current Rheumatology Reports
Patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases are prone to infectious complications during the course of their disease. The underlying disease with an impaired immune system and additional different immunosuppressive medication render patients more susceptible to infections, some of which are potentially preventable with vaccination. Sin...
Kay, Jonathan Gravallese, Ellen M.
Targeted biologic therapies markedly slow the progression of structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA); thus, the presence of bony erosion suggests that had treatment been initiated earlier, joint damage might have been prevented. Some patients with early inflammatory arthritis, the group most likely to benefit from prompt initiation of treatm...
Salvi, Sheetal Chopra, Arvind
Published in
Clinical Rheumatology
Leprosy can manifest arthritis both as a complication and a comorbid disorder and can be a challenging differential diagnosis in rheumatology practice due to several common features. Uncommonly, it may present as acute severe polyarthritis with skin lesions and neurological deficit or a digital vasculitis and gangrene. We demonstrate this profile i...
Kay, Jonathan
Chopra, Ratnesh Cahudhary, Nida Kay, Jonathan
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease characterized by episodic, progressive inflammatory destruction of cartilage. It can occur as an overlap syndrome in patients with other rheumatologic conditions. The disease usually follows an indolent relapsing-remitting course, but occasionally it can progress rapidly and even c...
Le, Long P Garibyan, Lilit Lara, Daniel Finberg, Karin E Iafrate, A John Duncan, Lyn M Kay, Jonathan Nazarian, Rosalynn M
Published in
The American Journal of dermatopathology
We conclude that polymorphisms in the genes encoding TGFB1 and CAV1 previously associated with the development and progression of fibrosis in several organ systems are not associated with development of NSF in this cohort of patients with renal impairment after GCCA exposure.
Harrold, Leslie
Published in
Current opinion in rheumatology
Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis. This review summarizes the most recent studies on newer therapeutics, disease management strategies and treatment recommendations. There are several new therapeutic agents being investigated both for the management of the acute gout symptoms, targeting interleukin-1β, as well as urate-lowering...
Naidoo, Serena Bowen, Catherine Arden, Nigel Redmond, Anthony
Published in
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Arthritis Research UK funded graduate internship scheme for podiatrists and to explore the experiences of interns and mentors.MethodsNine new graduates completed the internship programme (July 2006–June 2010); six interns and two mentors participated in this study. The study w...
Keitel, W.
Published in
Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
Die Entstehung des Fachgebietes der Rheumatologie aus der Balneologie in den ersten 3 Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts lässt sich exemplarisch am Leben des Niederländers Jan van Breemen (1874–1961) verfolgen. Ursprünglich mit physikalischer Therapie befasst, regte er erstmals 1913 den Zusammenschluss rheumatologisch interessierter Ärzte an und verf...
Prowse, Rebecca L Dalbeth, Nicola Kavanaugh, Arthur Adebajo, Adewale O Gaffo, Angelo L Terkeltaub, Robert Mandell, Brian F Suryana, Bagus P P Goldenstein-Schainberg, Claudia Diaz-Torne, Cèsar
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Published in
The Journal of rheumatology
Patients and physicians agreed upon several key features of gout. Physicians emphasized objective findings, imaging, and patterns of symptoms, whereas patients emphasized severity, functional results, and idiographic perception of symptoms.
