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Exploring Best Practices for Diagnosis & Management of Adult-Onset Still's DiseaseAuthor: AOSD Podcast
Adult-onset Stills disease (AOSD) is a rare, polygenic autoinflammatory syndrome with a pathogenesis similar to systemic juvenile inflammatory arthritis. Join Drs. Petros Efthimiou and Olga Petryna as they discuss making the diagnosis of AOSD through interpretation of clinical and laboratory findings and careful exclusion of other diseases. The faculty review the evidence related to the variety of medications often used to treat patients with AOSD, focusing on canakinumab, the only medication approved in the United States for the disease. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Friday, 9 July, 2021
The diagnosis of adult-onset Still’s disease requires extensive evaluation guided by whether systemic or joint signs/symptoms predominate Initial disease-modifying therapy with methotrexate is often inadequate to provide symptom relief Treatment modification with targeted biologic treatment is generally required to achieve treatment goals
