Nature Reviews Rheumatology is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Nature Publishing Group. It was established in 2005 as Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology and obtained its current title in 2009. The journal covers all aspects of rheumatology.
Llanilar is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) southeast of Aberystwyth. It is the eponym of the hundred of Ilar. The population at the 2011 census was 1,085.
Chlorobutanol (trichloro-2-methyl-2-propanol) is a preservative, sedative, hypnotic and weak local anesthetic similar in nature to chloral hydrate. It has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Chlorobutanol is typically used at a concentration of 0.5% where it lends long term stability to multi-ingredient formulations. However, it retains antimicrobial activity at 0.05% in water. Chlorobutanol has been used in anesthesia and euthanasia of invertebrates and fishes. It is a white, volatile solid with a menthol-like odor.
The American College of Rheumatology is an organization of and for physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support relating to the care of people with arthritis and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology is a federation of organizations of rheumatology. It was established in Sydney in 1963 and the first Congress was held in 1968 in Mumbai at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
The Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is a peer-reviewed medical journal. It is co-owned by the BMJ Group and the European League Against Rheumatism and covers all aspects of rheumatology, including musculoskeletal conditions, arthritis, and connective tissue diseases. The journal publishes basic, clinical, and translational research and abstracts from conferences. The journal was established in 1939. It is available online by subscription and archived editions of the journal are available free of charge. Each issue, the editor-in-chief selects a paper to be published open access as an "Editors Choice". The editor-in-chief is Josef Smolen.
André Lussier, physician, rheumatologist, and Professor Emeritus of the School of Medicine of the Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He was born in 1933 in Sherbrooke and died in 2009 in Sherbrooke. He completed his classical studies and Baccalauréat ès-art at the Séminaire Oblat de Chambly and at the Collège de Montréal. He then completed his residency in internal medicine at the Hôpital Notre-Dame de Montréal. From 1963 to 1964, he pursued a "clinical and research fellowship" in rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Hollander. In 1969, he joined the founding clinicians and researchers of the School of Medicine of the Université de Sherbrooke and he established the first Section of Rheumatology officially recognized in Québec. In 1970, he wrote the white paper upon which the specialty of rheumatology is recognized in Québec, two years before its recognition as a specialty elsewhere in North America. In 1975, he co-founded The Journal of Rheumatology, of which he remained the co-Editor until his death. He was the first Director of the Clinical Research Center. of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) from 1980 to 1984. During his career, he was President of several scientific meetings and conferences. He has published over 230 scientific articles and is the author of three books.
The Journal of Rheumatology is a peer-reviewed medical journal addressing topics in rheumatology and arthritis. It is an official journal of the Canadian Rheumatology Association. Since 1992, the journal has published the proceedings of Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials (OMERACT) conferences.
The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research is a United States organization which develops and shares information and guidelines about animal testing and care of laboratory animals. It is a unit in the United States National Research Council.
The Australian Rheumatology Association is an association of rheumatologists in Australia. It is a specialty society of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology.
Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR) is an association of physicians, scientists and academic scholars for studying and promoting the understanding and treatment of Rheumatic diseases in Japan. It organises an annual meeting and publishes the academic journal Modern Rheumatology. It is a member organisation of Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR).
The Indian Journal of Rheumatology is the official journal of the Indian Rheumatology Association. It is peer reviewed and published quarterly since 2006 and was formerly published as the Journal of Indian Rheumatology Association until 2005. The first editor-in-chief of the renamed journal was Ashok Kumar (AIIMS,).
Clinical Rheumatology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering rheumatology. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the International League of Associations of Rheumatology. The journal was established in 1945 as the official journal of the Belgian Rheumatology Society and carried different titles before obtaining its current title in 1982.
International League of Associations of Rheumatology (ILAR) is an international body of the associations of Rheumatologists from around the world. It comprises partner organisations PANLAR, Paamerican League of Associations for Rheumatology, EULAR, European League against Rheumatism, APLAR, Asia Pacific League of Associations of Rheumatology and AFLAR, African League of Associations for Rheumatology. ILAR has taken leadership in the development of global consensus on the diagnosis of rheumatological diseases especially juvenile idiopathic arthritis It published the ILAR Journal.
PANLAR, the Panamerican League of Associations for Rheumatology is an association of Rheumatology professional bodies from member nations of North, Central and South Americas.
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology is a peer reviewed and indexed medical journal in the field of clinical rheumatology, published by PANLAR, Panamerican League of Associations for Rheumatology.
WHO celebrated 1977 as the World Rheumatism year and this resulted in a dialogue between ILAR and WHO that led to the idea of COPCORD, Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases as a joint project between WHO and ILAR. COPCORD promotes low cost epidemiological research in developing countries and has contributed to the understanding of disease burden in data poor regions It has centers in 21 developing countries and has resulted in 102 peer reviewed international publications.
Johanne Martel-Pelletier is a Canadian pharmacologist living and working in Quebec. She studies the pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms of arthritis.
