The 9 Muses are daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Greek goddesses personifying the inspiration for the sciences and the arts.
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Pathogenesis of ANCA-associated vasculitis: An update www.sciencedirect.com Updates in ANCA-associated vasculitis Antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides are small-vessel vasculitides that include granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener’s granulomatosis), microscopic polyangiitis, and…
Pediatric Takayasu Arteritis Takayasu arteritis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the aorta and its major branches. The disorder is a… emedicine.medscape.com Arterial dissection in childhood Takayasu Arteritis: not as…
Kawasaki Disease Pathogenesis Hinges on Interleukin-1 Researchers from the Toronto Hospital for Sick… rheumnow.com Found in Translation: International initiatives pursuing interleukin-1 blockade for treatment of acute Kawasaki Disease Arthritis &…
Similar calcium pyrophosphate crystal detection rate found between electron, polarized light microscopy In patients with knee osteoarthritis, there was a high concordance between scanning electron microscopy… healio.com Take-home-message: we need…
Doctors Don’t Always Agree on Gout’s Origins and Treatment How do rheumatologists and primary care physicians differ in treating patients with gout? This survey highlights some notable differences. rheumatologynetwork.com Given…
High Serum Urate Predicts Poor Physical Performance Should hyperuricemia be targeted early, or is it just a marker of other conditions? medpagetoday.com In the latest updated EULAR recommendations on the…
Clinical Advances in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Our PAH Clinical Advances page provides the latest state of the science in PAH along with expert perspectives to help clinicians optimally leverage the……
Addition of diacerein to glucosamine therapy did not improve outcomes for OA In a study of 148 patients with mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee, combination therapy of… healio.com…
Gait Can Determine Source of Knee OA How your knee moves may be a telling point in a knee osteoarthritis diagnosis, a study shows. rheumatologynetwork.com Pain Linked to Inflammatory…
Early life intervention may prevent knee OA later in life A recent narrative review of the association between childhood or early adulthood risk factors and the development of knee osteoarthritis…
