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Know Your Guidelines: EULAR Management of Fatigue in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic and MSK Diseases Guideline Synopsis and Review

Authors: Malvika Lall, MD, Iman Abutineh, MD, Christopher D. Jackson, MD

Abstract

Clinically significant fatigue occurs in nearly half of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.1,2 Prior clinical practice guidelines highlight fatigue as essential in defining remission of several inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMDs).
Posted in: Rheumatology and Orthopedics28

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