Lupus & Connective Tissue Diseases
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Antimalarial Response in CLE Takes Time
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Pregnancy in Lupus Poses Unique Challenges
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Rheumatologic Serologies Can Be a Confounding Quagmire
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Giant Cell Arteritis: Temporal Artery Biopsy Trumps ACR Criteria
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Biopsy Must Guide Lupus Nephritis Management
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Collagenase Might Be a First-Line Treatment for Dupuytren's Contractures
Major Finding: The first injection of collagenase C. histolyticum into palpable cords of Dupuytren’s contracture resulted in a mean 81% reduction...
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Serious CNS Events in Lupus Seen in Only 4% of Cases
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Chloroquine Eyed for Treating Metabolic Syndrome
Major Finding: Once-weekly chloroquine resulted in an 11% reduction in triglycerides, a 7% decrease in the total cholesterol–HDL cholesterol ratio...
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Genotypes in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis May Guide Therapy
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Lupus Severity May Contribute Significantly to Heart Damage
Major finding: Cyclophosphamide use is a marker of disease severity that correlates with risk of cardiovascular events in lupus patients (odds...
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Seizures Hit 5% of SLE Patients
Major Finding: Nearly 5% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus had at least one seizure immediately before or after they were diagnosed...