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To the Editor:
It is delightful to note such a spirited and positive response by Dr. Dalbeth and colleagues to my deliberately provocative commentary. It is even more wonderful to see the representative list of high quality papers and the youthful appearance of the “regenerated” gout investigator species. Can we say the same for the calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthropathy research community?
Far from being pessimistic, my commentary was a rallying cry for more young rheumatologists to focus their professional clinical, research, and teaching interests on these very prevalent arthritic diseases. It is clear that the crystal arthritis patient population is ...
