Rheumatism and Arthritis

doi:10.1059/0003-4819-61-5-1

Rheumatism and Arthritis

Review of American and English Literature of Recent Years

(Sixteenth Rheumatism Review)

CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.;
ROGER L. BLACK, M.D.
Bethesda, Maryland
;
CHARLES CHRISTIAN, M.D.
New York City, New York
;
MACK L. CLAYTON, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Denver, Colorado
;
DONALD F. HILL, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Tucson, Arizona
;
JOSEPH LEE HOLLANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
;
WILLIAM M. MIKKELSEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
;
MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Chicago, Illinois
;
CARL M. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Los Angeles, California
;
HUGH A. SMYTHE, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C)
Toronto,
Canada ;
L. EMMERSON WARD, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Rochester, Minnesota
; and
HOWARD J. WEINBERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Beverly Hills, California

Denver, Colorado
(Chairman, Editorial Committee)

Excerpt

PREFACE Since 1935, fifteen issues of the Rheumatism Reviews have been published periodically in the ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE under the auspices of the American Rheumatism Association. This sixteenth issue contains an analysis of selected articles from American and English literature dealing with the fundamental and clinical aspects of the connective tissue diseases for 1961 and 1962. The American Rheumatism Association (ARA) with the assistance of the editors of the ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE will continue to publish—at intervals of approximately two years—an analysis of the significant contributions in this field with emphasis upon subjects of interest to clinicians.

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