Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany. Olga Malysheva, MD Christoph G. Baerwald, MD Please address correspondence to: Olga Malysheva, MD, Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital, Liebigstrasse 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Received and accepted on August 27, 2011. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2011; 29 (Suppl. 68): S113-S115. © Copyright CLINIC...

Osteomalacia is characterized by a low serum calcium and phosphate with elevated serum alkaline phosphatase. Osteomalacia may be caused by deficiency of vitamin D or phosphate deficiency. Malabsorption syndromes, renal failure and liver disease can result in vitamin D deficiency. Looser’s zone are linear areas of low density surrounded by sclerotic borders, which are a feature of osteomalacia. ...

Objective Examining for gastrointestinal involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis is an important part of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Only few scientific data are available.

Purpose Rheumatology is one of the smallest subspecialties in the field of pediatrics. Due to the deficiency of pediatric rheumatologists in the U.S., there is a shortage of educators. Previous research showed that 40% of pediatric residency programs have no pediatric rheumatologist on faculty. Although previous studies described the availability of rheumatology training in pediatric residency ...

Our mission is to further research, scholarship, and education in pediatric rheumatology throughout the world and thereby improve the care of children with arthritis and rheumatic diseases. We hope to speed the growth of pediatric rheumatology in every country. We believe that a dedicated pediatric rheumatology journal has a better opportunity to help develop our field than existing, predominan...

GH Stummvoll, MD, RD Fritsch, MD, B Meyer, E Hoefler, M Aringer, MD, JS Smolen, MD, and G Steiner, PhD Division of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Second Department of Medicine, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rheu...

1Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Drum Tower Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 2Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China 3Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Lian Yun-gang Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu,...

1 Department of Radiology, Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw, Poland 2 Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Second Faculty, Warsaw Medical University, Poland 3 Early Arthritis Clinic, Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw, Poland 4 Department of Diagnostic Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland 5 Department of Pathophysiology, Immunology, and Pathological Anatomy,...

OBJECTIVE To characterize provision of telephone helpline services in rheumatology units in England and Wales. METHODS A questionnaire study of rheumatology nurse specialists (RNS) providing advice by a designated telephone helpline in England and Wales. RESULTS Responses were obtained from 164/185 rheumatology units (89%). Of the responding units, 154 (94%) employed RNS and 146 units provi...

1Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen; 2German Center for Rheumatism in Children and Adolescents, Garmisch-Partenkirchen; 3Centre of Paediatric Rheumatology, Asklepios Children’s Hospital, Sankt Augustin; 4University Children’s Hospital, Hamburg Eppendorf; 5Department of Paediatrics, HELIOS Hospital Krefeld; 6University Children’s Hospital, Muens...