Rheumatology Pearls 6/5/19

MGMC Physician Grand Rounds, 6/5/19
Scott Vogelgesang, MD, Director, Division of Immunology
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

[@mengwu1113]

great first case. just had a pt with that history. normal esr, crp, responded fast to 10 mg prednisone, very sensitive to tapers, still on prednisone low dose and its been 1.5 years while we are trialing dmards

[@hema11901]

اللهم علمنا ما ينفعنا وانفعنا بما علمتنا يا كريم وذدنا علما اللهم امين يارب العالمين

[@gamaltaher9714]

Thanks

[@mohammedarman2750]

Thanks alot, those are great cases!

[@magedabuldahab7481]

Better to start at 1/320 for ANA to diagnose SLE, ANA by IFA is far superior as it screens 100 nuclear Ag autoantibody but ELISA screen for 3 nuclear Ag autoantibody

[@zachjones6944]

Those cytokines!