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Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology March 2020 Highlights.

Highlights

  • We are witnessing a global pandemic that has hitherto killed more than 30,000 people worldwide, and the number of confirmed cases has reached to date almost 660,000

  • This proposal tackles important aspects of COVID-19 in relation to rheumatic disease, such as, whether patients with rheumatic diseases are a ‘’vulnerable group’’, what is the risk of a serious outcome of the infection for patients receiving anti-rheumatic treatment, and what should patients with rheumatic disease who receive anti-rheumatic treatment do

  • It is known that Anti-melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 autoantibodies are associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis and in particular with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease

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We are witnessing a global pandemic that has hitherto killed more than 30,000 people worldwide, and the number of confirmed cases has reached to date almost 660,000. The official statement of the Greek Rheumatology Society and Professional Association of Rheumatologists An interesting article by Bogdanos et al.[17] discusses whether hydroxychloroquine, a drug that rheumatologists and their patients know very well and use routinely for decades, could be part of our armamentarium against

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