RSLV-132 is not a first-line treatment, but it may be particularly promising for some of the 60 to 80 percent of lupus patients with skin manifestations.
Unique Tool Provides Validated Disease Activity Scores at the Point of Care
A new tool using a tablet and validated outcome measures has been initiated at Cleveland Clinic. It enables rheumatologists to obtain the information they need to make informed treatment decisions in real time and before they enter the patient’s room.
Training Future Rheumatologists in Vasculitis
A training infrastructure for our rheumatology fellows provides a full circle experience of evidence-based, didactic learning and its application to the direct care of patients with vasculitis.
Update: Zika and Rheumatology
A brief update on Zika for practicing rheumatologists in North America.
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Challenges in Vasculitis
The treatment of vasculitis has evolved significantly over the past 20 years, in some instances providing physicians and patients with a diverse range of options. With these options come questions of when to use these different therapies and how to weigh their risks and benefits.
Connecting the Dots: Clinic for Adult Autoinflammatory Diseases
As advances in genomic medicine improve the diagnosis of autoinflammatory disease and help us recognize new disorders in this class, the need for coordinated care intensifies.
Patient, Provider Awareness of Elevated Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis
Enhanced protocols for CVD risk assessment as well as more comprehensive research regarding CVD in PsA are urgently needed.
Calcinosis: An Intractable and Distressing Problem (Slideshow)
These nine slides depict calcinosis, including the case of a 29-year-old female whose dystrophic calcinosis progressed relentlessly, ultimately covering her entire body like an exoskeleton.
Precision Medicine in the Biologic Era: What is Personalized Medicine?
Biologic Therapies VII Summit in April 2-17 will help clinicians understand and harness the hopes and challenges of precision medicine for the nearly 50 million people in the U.S. with disorders of immunity.