There is no set definition or timeframe for what counts as lupus remission. It’s no wonder lupus remission is a confusing topic! This month, Dr. Ronald van Vollenhoven, director of Amsterdam ...

Advances in therapy mean a state of remission is increasingly an achievable goal in rheumatoid arthritis. However, using remission as a target of treatment begs the question of how this state should ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was no previous standard, accepted definition for remission in asthma. The panel unanimously supported ...

To arrive at the definition of remission, perhaps it is best to discuss how the field of Rheumatology has managed to get to the point of even talking about remission. Those of us who remember those ...

The new recommendations for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) use disease activity index scores and evaluator’s global assessment measures, but they do not include serology. A key task force has ...

For anyone living with or caring for someone with lupus (also known as systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE), remission is often the ultimate goal. Yet, a single, widely agreed-upon definition of ...

A new joint consensus statement by four major diabetes organizations aims to standardize the terminology, definition, and assessment to the phenomenon of diabetes "remission." The statement was ...

The first provisional criteria for defining remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were drawn up by EULAR and the ACR in 2011. Two types of remission definition were agreed on. The first was the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO — An alternative definition for clinical remission in ulcerative colitis shows promise as a potential ...

Despite dramatic treatment advances in recent years, the dermatology community has lacked a unified definition for what remission means in plaque psoriasis. Now, a multistage Delphi consensus process ...

Rhode Island Hospital researcher Mark Zimmerman, M.D., director of outpatient psychiatry, has found that patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) define remission from depression ...