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Hydroxychloroquine Use Is Associated With Decreased Incident Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients... J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Jan 4;5(1). pii: e002867.… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|By Sharma TS , et al. Can a…
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Hydroxychloroquine Use Is Associated With Decreased Incident Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients... J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Jan 4;5(1). pii: e002867.… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|By Sharma TS , et al. Can a…
Gaining Control of RA Sooner Rather than Later Best for Joints Persistent moderate disease activity can cause long-term joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis patients,… www.rheumatologynetwork.com "Fast-and-Furious", "Early-and-Aggressive", "Hit-Early-Hit-Hard": whatever pithy…
Evidence for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis to Target When managing rheumatoid arthritis, does a treat-to-target approach convey better outcomes than routine care? www.medscape.com T2T finds its first proving grounds in RA.…
Can Infections Trigger Autoimmunity? Case reports suggest a post-infectious association with antiphospholipid syndrome www.medpagetoday.com Anti-Phospholipid antibodies are found in about a third of SLE patients, of which a fraction develop…
Dear Lupus: It’s Time for a Blockbuster Medication The development of biologic therapies and other treatments for lupus remains a challenge, but anti-interferon agents that are in development could turn…
The effect of calcineurin inhibitors in the induction and maintenance treatment of lupus nephritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs)…
Overactive Immune System in Lupus Linked to Specific Triggers The little-understood antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE) plays a previously unknown role in systemic lupus… www.rheumatologynetwork.com IgE may play a previously unknown…
Maternal and foetal outcomes in pregnant systemic lupus erythematosus patients: an incident cohort from a stable referral population followed during 1990–2010 (2015). Maternal and foetal outcomes in pregnant systemic lupus…
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy in Lupus Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare neurological disorder with many associations or causative factors. PRES has been linked to… rheumnow.com CV Events Strike…
Pathogenic Inflammation and Its Therapeutic Targeting in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE, lupus) is a highly complex and heterogeneous autoimmune disease that most often afflicts women in their…