Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Unversity College of Medicine 2 , Seoul, Department of Rheumatology, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University 4 , Daejeon, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medici...

THE study by Williams and his colleagues [1] raises the questions: What is the rheumatologist's job description? How should he dispense his time between seeing patients and training his staff and in what directions should he lead his researchers? There could be as many answers as there are rheumatologists. One feature of life as a consultant in Britain is freedom to play the consultant game con...

Address: 1Department of Rheumatology, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal, 2Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Aveiro, Portugal, 3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal and 4Department of Rheumatology, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal * Co...

Method A survey (validated QUARTT, QUestionnaire about Attitudes of Rheumatology practitioners towards Transfer and Transition) among rheumatology practitioners attending the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society congress in 2010. Overall, 138 individuals participated, of which 59 were medical doctors (MDs) with paediatric and rheumatology background; 30 MDs with pediatric background; and 21 ...

Dept of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, DenoThe center, University of Florence, Italy. Irene Miniati, MD, Rheumatologist; Maria Letizia Conforti, MD, Rheumatologist; Serena Guiducci, MD, Fellow in Rheumatology; Marco Matucci Cerinic, MD, Professor of Rheumatology. Please address correspondence to: Irene Miniati, Div. Rheumatology, Villa Monna Tessa, Viale Pieraccini 18 50139 Firenze, Italy....

Some aspects of activity of Croatian Society for Rheumatology of Croatian Medical Association are presented. It is founded in 1947 as Croatian Medical Association Section for Rheumatology, Balneoclimatology, and Physical Medicine. In 1967, the prevoius Section is divided in the two new ones: Rheumatology Section and Section for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 1992, Rheumatology Section...

1 Division of Rheumatology, University and IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Viale Golgi 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy 2 Sections of Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA 3Division of Rheumatology, Mainz University Hospital and ACURA Rheumatology Center, Kaiser-Wilhelm Street 9-11, R...

Imaging in rheumatology was in the past largely confined to radiographs of the hands and sacroiliac joints (SIJs) helping to establish the diagnosis and then monitoring disease progression. Radiographs are not very sensitive for early inflammation in inflammatory rheumatic disorders and the demand on imaging services was therefore limited. However, over the last 10-15 years new drugs and new te...