Rheumatology

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Questions discussed in this category



For example, a patient with a bone marrow biopsy that shows normocellular bone marrow. Prior management with leflunomide and HCQ with neutropenia attr...

Is a BM biopsy a must when there is skin involvement? If tryptase level is mildly elevated but less than 20 would you recommend a BM biopsy?

I.e., what constitutes well-controlled cancer, IBD, nephrotic syndrome, etc. What other diseases do you put in this category (obesity, autoimmune dise...

How would the approach differ if the patient had a significant bleeding phenotype vs only minor bruising and mucosal bleeding?

Does treatment with B-cell depletion and/or negative anti-spike antibody status despite COVID mRNA vaccination influence your decision?

What if the patient is triple-positive or has continued seropositivity on repeat lab testing? What is the appropriate interval of monitoring and does ...

There are multiple difficulties that could be seen: steroids can precipitate a sickle cell crisis, vasculitis and sickle cell can produce similar clin...


Papers discussed in this category


Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2016-04

Blood, 2018 Jul 12

Ann. Intern. Med., 2019 Oct 15

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2018-06-07

Rheumatol Int, 2019 Apr 30

Clin Exp Rheumatol, 2012 Sep 25

Wien Klin Wochenschr,

J Rheumatol, 2006 Jul 01

Semin Arthritis Rheum,

Semin Hematol,

Blood Adv,

Autoimmun Rev, 2017 Sep 09

Lupus, 2021 May 27

Eur J Dermatol,

Blood, 2013-08-01

Circulation, 2003 Jun 17

Haematologica, 2007 Feb

PLoS One, 2015 Dec 30

Pediatric blood & cancer, 2011-01

Seminars in hematology, 2002-04

Blood, 2002 Jan 01

Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis, 2020 Nov 24