Rheumatology
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VIDEO: Slow tapering worked best for stopping SLE immunosuppression
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Live births seen in half of pregnancies exposed to belimumab
Key clinical point: Successful pregnancies are possible in SLE patients exposed to belimumab.Major finding: The live birth rate was 48%, and the...
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VIDEO: Sarilumab shows RA safety, efficacy in phase III trial
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Low infliximab start dose appears effective in psoriatic arthritis
Key clinical point: Most patients with psoriatic arthritis fare well on a lower than recommended starting dose.Major finding: Median starting...
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Physically demanding jobs link to worse ankylosing spondylitis progression
Key clinical point: Patients with AS who have more physically demanding jobs showed greater radiographic progression than did patients with more...
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Eurofever Project takes aim at rare autoinflammatory disorders
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Factors that lead to gout often differ in men and women
Key clinical point: Clinicians should consider the differences in the presentation of gout between women and men and tailor their evaluation and...
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Tool predicts lymphoma, death in primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients
Key clinical point: Patients with specific hematologic and immunologic laboratory markers, as well as high degrees of activity in the...
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Higher risk of death seen with oral steroids in RA interstitial lung disease
Key clinical point: Rather than corticosteroids, consider using mycophenolate or rituximab in patients with RA-ILD.
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VIDEO: Gene profiling could signal start of personalized medicine in RA
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Stem-cell transplants growing routine for severe scleroderma
Key clinical point: Use of autologous stem-cell transplants is spreading for intractable, severe scleroderma as the evidence base expands.