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Updates of selected topics are posted about every two months. The following
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Joint Diseases
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Approach to the Patient with Joint Disease
"Acute monarticular joint pain requires particularly rapid diagnosis because some of its causes, particularly infectious (septic) arthritis and crystal-induced arthritis, require rapid treatment."
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1.Fritz J, Galeczko EK, Schwenzer N, et al: Longitudinal changes in rheumatoid arthritis after rituximab administration assessed by quantitative and dynamic contrast-enhanced 3-T MR imaging: Preliminary findings. European Radiology 2009 Apr 25 [Epub ahead of print].
2. Friedman DJ, Parnes NZ, Zimmer Z, et al: Prevalence of cerebrovascular events during shoulder surgery and association with patient position. Orthopedics Apr; 32(4): pii, 2009.
3. Javid M, Wedge JH:
Radiographic results of combined Salter innominate and femoral osteotomy in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in older children. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics 2009 Apr 22 [Epub ahead of print].
4.Fattal-Valevski A, Domenievitz D, Giladi N, et al:
Long-term effect of repeated injections of botulinum toxin in children with cerebral palsy: A prospective study. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics Feb; 2(1):29–35, 2008. Epub 2008 Jan 23.
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Last issue’s MinIQuiz focused on Corneal Disorders, Biology of the Immune System, Pigmentation Disorders, and Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome. Our winner is Mr. Peter Buckley, a pharmacist who serves as a consultant on the pharmacology of biopolymers. Mr. Buckley is from Uppsala, Sweden.
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