Methotrexate pneumonitis is emerging as one of the most unpredictable and potentially
serious adverse effects associated with the use of low dose, pulse methotrexate in treating …

DISCUSSION Diabetic muscle infarction was first reported in 19651. Since then, there have
been more than 100 case reports2-49. A Medline search of the English literature from its …

Background: Diabetic patients can develop spontaneous infarctions of muscle. The optimal
treatment of this diabetic muscle infarction (DMI) is unknown. Objective: This analysis was …

OBJECTIVE: Since 1996, autologous hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has
been used to treat severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To date, published reports have been …

Objective To determine (1) the risk of treatment termination for low dose, weekly methotrexate
(MTX) therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and (2) the prevalence, nature …

Calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder was studied in 57 patients before and after surgical
removal of the calcified material. Many patients with an acute flare of pain prior to surgery also …

OBJECTIVE: High dose methotrexate (MTX) has been linked with bone loss in oncology
patients. However, it is unclear whether longterm low dose MTX used in the treatment of …

Objective To determine which risk factors are associated with serious pancytopenia associated
with low dose methotrexate (MTX) therapy. Methods All Ottawa area rheumatologists, …

OBJECTIVE--To test the hypothesis that colchicine is an effective treatment of psoriatic
arthritis. METHODS--Twenty five patients with psoriatic arthritis were entered into a two centre, …

The breast is an infrequently recognised site of primary giant cell arteritis. Two cases of
giant cell arteritis affecting the breast are described and 11 previously described cases are …