Rheumatology

Rheumatology (Greek ρεύμα, rheuma, river) is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to diagnosis and therapyof rheumatic diseases. Clinicians who specialize in rheumatology are called rheumatologists. Rheumatologists deal mainly with clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, and heritable connective tissue disorders.

EULAR: Biologic tapering in RA shows cost efficacy

Posted on: 23/06/2015 - 22:08

ROME – Patients with rheumatoid arthritis in sustained remission on a biologic drug successfully remained in remission most of the time while gradually stepping down to a longer dosage interval or...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Pregnancy outcomes better than expected in SLE

Posted on: 22/06/2015 - 22:00

Pregnancy outcomes in women with systemic lupus erythematosus were better than expected in the largest study of the issue to date, according to a report published online June 22 in Annals of Internal...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

EULAR: Panel previews updated CVD recommendations

Posted on: 19/06/2015 - 19:57

ROME – The interval for assessing cardiovascular disease risk in patients with at least one inflamed joint can be as long as 5 years, depending on the patient, according to revised recommendations...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Large-scale psoriasis study links trauma to arthritis

Posted on: 16/06/2015 - 22:16

ROME – Patients with psoriasis were more likely to develop psoriatic arthritis if they had experienced physical trauma, based on data from a large, population-based study. The crude incidence of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

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