Kawasaki Disease And The End Of Rheumatology As We Know It
This agent, possibly a fungal toxin, would be responsible for triggering an exuberant immune response in children, causing the typical manifestation of the disease
This agent, possibly a fungal toxin, would be responsible for triggering an exuberant immune response in children, causing the typical manifestation of the disease
When I arrived home after attending my first American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, my wife asked me what I learned.
Fever is a cardinal feature of autoinflammatory diseases and complicates the course for other rheumatic illnesses.
Despite the widespread use of temperature measurement in healthcare, our ability to use temperature data to diagnose patients is limited; it remains challenging to distinguish fevers of rheumatic illnesses from those of infectious or malignant conditions.
I spent most of my senior year in college in the basement of the science building, in a room the size of a closet, watching (and videotaping) fish having sex.
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Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD