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Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Arteritis Risk Factors ... before age 50) Clinical ... Arteritis #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
REBEL Review 79: Treatment of Hemophilia 

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1. Type
Factor Activity ... Type of Factor ... ) Units of Factor ... #hemophilia #hematology ... #factorix
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
RF (rheumatoid factor ... Ultrasound Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
insoluble globulin - Factor ... depletion of clotting factors ... Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... Diagnosis: • + Clinical ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Related Disease Clinical ... antibodies, rheumatoid factor ... workup #treatment #rheumatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... treatment #summary #rheumatology
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Syndrome: • Clinical ... having rheumatoid factor ... serum rheumatoid factor ... classification #rheumatology
Hemostasis Physiology

The blood's response to blood vessel injury can be viewed as four interrelated steps. 
Roman
to coagulation factors ... PF-3, platelet factor ... Coagulation #Cascade #Hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... tumor necrosis factor ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
either a clotting factor ... inhibitor of normal factor ... Patient has a factor ... Study #diagnosis #hematology ... pathophysiology #hematology