John L. Decker

TL;DR: The American Rheumatism Association sub-committe on classification criteria for gout analyzed data from more than 700 patients with gout, pseudogout, rheumatoid arthritis, or septic arthritis to establish criteria for classifying a patient as having gout.

TL;DR: It is concluded that, as compared with high-dose oral prednisone alone, treatment of lupus glomerulonephritis with intravenous cyclophosphamide reduces the risk of end-stage renal failure with few serious complications.

TL;DR: Patients with a history of parotid enlargement, splenomegaly, and lymphadenopahy had an increased risk of lymphoma and clinical conditions did not appear to be early manifestations of undiagnosed lymphoma but rather seemed to identify a subgroup of patients with sicca syndrome with marked lymphoid reactivity, who had a particularly high risk of subsequently developing lymphoma.

TL;DR: It is possible that the production of interferon may contribute to immunologic aberrations in auto-immune diseases and also protect the already compromised host from viral infections.

TL;DR: Outcome predictions based on the strongest clinical predictors (age, sex, and serum creatinine level) were significantly enhanced by the addition of activity and chronicity indexes, and immunosuppressive agents appeared to provide a slight therapeutic advantage over oral corticosteroids alone.