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Novel Protein as a Potential Autoantigen in JIA Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is clearly not related to rheumatoid arthritis and until recently has no identifiabile autoantigen linked to JIA. rheumnow.com Biologic agents…

Autoimmune Diseases and Myelodysplastic Syndromes Am J Hematol. 2016 Feb 13. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24333. [Epub ahead of print] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|By Komrokji RS , et al Myelodysplastic syndromes: 2015 Update on diagnosis, risk-stratification…

Toxic Myopathies neuromuscular.wustl.edu This is an exhaustive list of drugs which may (rarely apart from steroids) cause clinically relevant myopathy/myositis. I would like to draw your attention to Colchicine, which…

Feeding babies peanuts protects them from nut allergies, say scientists Introducing nuts regularly in the first year of life builds up an enduring tolerence www.telegraph.co.uk The Hygiene Hypothesis Laurence Cheng…

The Effect of Tofacitinib on Live Vaccine Responses New research indicates that vaccination for the herpes zoster virus in patients with rheumatoid arthritis starting tofacitinib appears to be both safe…

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Major Guillain-Barré syndrome subtypes in which antibody-mediated effector pathways, including complement activation, cause glial or axonal membrane injury with consequent conduction failure www.thelancet.com

Synovial phenotypes in Rheumatoid Arthritis correlate with response to biologic therapeutics arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com Crystal ball gazing in RA: predicting who will respond to which targeted therapy, so we don't have to…

Optimizing Treat-to-Target in RA Study indicated that response in first 3 months of treatment is critical www.medpagetoday.com On cost containment, apart from identifying those most at risk of disease progression…

Pregnancy & Rheumatic Disease Information on pregnancy and rheumatic disease: having a successful pregnancy, complications to be aware of, prohibited medications and more. www.rheumatology.org EULAR recommendations on rheumatic medications use…

After miscarriage, how long should couples wait to try again? After an early miscarriage, couples who try to conceive again within three months may be more likely to have a…