Rheumatic Diseases Today
Authors: Charles L. Christian
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Editorials1 January 1967Rheumatic Diseases TodayCHARLES L. CHRISTIAN, M.D.CHARLES L. CHRISTIAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-1-230 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1935, a subcommittee of the American Association for the Study and Control of Rheumatic Diseases*under the chairmanship of Dr. Phillip S. Hench published the first "Rheumatism Review" in the ANNALS OFINTERNALMEDICINE. At intervals of 1 to 2 years (except for the period of World War II) subsequent reviews of the English-language literature, as it pertained to rheumatic disease, appeared in this journal ending with the sixteenth "Rheumatism Review" in 1964. For various reasons, the decision was made to publish the seventeenth and subsequent "Rheumatism Reviews" inArthritis and Rheumatism. (The seventeenth Review was a...References1. BRILLMCCARTY JMDJ: "Studies on the nature of gouty tophi" by Max Freudweiler, 1899. (An inflammatory response to injected sodium urate, 1899.) An abridged translation, with comments. Ann. Intern. Med. 60: 486, 1964. LinkGoogle Scholar2. MCCARTYGATTERBRILLHOGAN DJRAJMJM: Crystal deposition diseases: sodium urate (gout) and calcium pyrophosphate (chondrocalcinosis, pseudogout). JAMA 193: 129, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MCCARTYKOHNFAIRES DJNNJS: The significance of calcium phosphate crystals in the synovial fluid of arthritic patients: the "pseudogout syndrome." I. Clinical aspects. Ann. Intern. Med. 56: 711, 1962. LinkGoogle Scholar4. RUNDLESWYNGAARDENHITCHINGSELIONSILBERMAN RWJBGHGBHR: Effects of xanthine oxidase inhibitor on thiopurine metabolism, hyperuricemia and gout. Trans. Ass. Amer. Physicians 76: 126, 1963. Google Scholar5. YÜGUTMAN TFAB: Effect of allopurinol (4-hydroxypyrazolo (3,4-d) pyrimidine) on serum and urinary uric acid in primary and secondary gout. Amer. J. Med. 37: 885, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. BARTHOLOMEW LE: Isolation and characterization of mycoplasma (PPLO) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Reiter's syndrome. Arthritis Rheum. 8: 376, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. DECKERWARD JLJR: The relationship of mycoplasma (PPLO) to rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases: a working conference. Bull. Rheum. Dis. 16: 412, 1966. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. ROBERTSSWITZERRAMSEY EDWPFK: The pathology of Mycoplasma hyorhinis arthritis produced experimentally in swine. Amer. J. Vet. Res. 24: 19, 1963. Google Scholar9. SCHACHTERBARNESJONESENGLEMANMEYER JMGJPEPKF: Isolation of bedsoniae from the joints of patients with Reiter's syndrome. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 122: 283, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. SCHACHTERBARNESJONESENGLEMANMEYER JMGJPEPKF: Bedsonia isolation studies in human arthritis(abstract). Arthritis Rheum. 9: 538, 1966. Google Scholar11. ENGLEMANBARNESJONESSCHACHTERMEYER EPMGJPJKF: Arthritis associated with bedsonia infection (abstract). Ibid., p. 502. Google Scholar12. KAPLANSUCHY MHML: Immunologic relation of streptococcal and tissue antigens. II. Cross-reaction of antisera to mammalian heart tissue with a cell wall constituent of certain strains of Group A streptococci. J. Exp. Med. 119: 643, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. ZABRISKIEFREIMER JBEH: An immunological relationship between the Group A streptococcus and mammalian muscle. J. Exp. Med. 124: 661, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. CORLEYLESSNERLARSEN CCHEWE: Azathioprine therapy of "autoimmune" diseases. Amer. J. Med. 41: 404, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. LADD AT: Procainamide-induced lupus erythematosus. New Eng. J. Med. 267: 1357, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. PAINE R: Procainamide hydrochloride and lupus erythematosus. JAMA 194: 23, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Reorganized as the American Rheumatism Association in 1937 and subsequently (1965) merged with the Arthritis Foundation as the American Rheumatism Association Section of that foundation. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 January 1967Volume 66, Issue 1Page: 230-232KeywordsArthritisRheumatic fever ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...