Dr. Pisetsky is physician editor of The Rheumatologist and professor of medicine and immunology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD | Issue: November 2006 |
Dr. Pisetsky is physician editor of The Rheumatologist and professor of medicine and immunology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
Comfort Ability program provides psychological strategies to help children self-manage symptoms
In the middle of a busy clinic I go to see my next patient, a 16-year-old girl with a swollen knee. I had seen her the week before and, after discussing the options regarding treatment of her arthritis, had organized a joint injection for today. As I walk in the door she emphatically informs me,…
Comparing tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus was the most efficacious. Also, biosimilars may soon be easier to differentiate…
One parent wishes that she could have consulted a crystal ball at the beginning of her daughter’s illness to have “some kind of idea of what we were in for. There are so many stages of letting go of the idea of what your little kid is in for in life, what they are going…