Paper of the Month - Volume 7 Issue 4

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Report from the American College
of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting 2009

Eric Ruderman, MD

As always, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Scientific Meeting delivered a wealth of new information and data on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory arthritis in general, and other autoimmune diseases. Many of the highlights involved new therapies, or additional information on existing therapies, and these will be reviewed below. Also of great interest was the unveiling of several new disease classification criteria, which will certainly prove important in the clinical decision-making that goes into selection of therapies in practice.



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