Entries for May, 2003

How should proliferative glomerulonephritis with crescent formation be treated in young women with SLE? Will low-dose pulse cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) and/or mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) do the job while preserving fertility?

Ask the Expert Decision-making in such young women can be difficult and among the most agonizing – for both patient and physician. It usually requires a very prolonged conversation with the patient and her immediate family, whether parents or significant other. While such women clearly need treatment – and preservation of fertility is obviously desired… Continue reading »

How has the treatment of psoriatic arthritis changed over the last 5 years? Where do you see it going in the next 2 years?

Ask the Expert Several aspects of psoriatic arthritis make it hard to answer questions about its treatment succinctly. First, there are at least three forms of psoriatic arthritis: in some patients it looks very much like rheumatoid arthritis, in others like ankylosing spondylitis, and in still others only the end joints of the fingers (and,… Continue reading »