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Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH

Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine and Emeritus Chair, Division of Rheumatology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and has a joint appointment in the Division of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences Research.

Dr. Matteson’s clinical and research interests are in the fields of vasculitis and inflammatory arthritis as well as history of medicine.  His research agenda includes investigation into the epidemiology of these diseases and their clinical disease expression and impact on patients who suffer from them and clinical trials of novel agents.  He is the current President of the Rheumatology Research Foundation of the American College of Rheumatology.   

Articles By Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH

Dr. Eric Matteson

Advancing PMR

By Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH

Even though polymyalgia rheumatica is not perceived by many physicians as a severe diagnosis, its diagnosis and management actually propose significant challenges. I'd like to talk about those challenges, and what directions our path forward can include to advance our understanding and improve the treatment of patients who have PMR.

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What Can 30 Years of Rheumatic Disease Research Tell Us About the Future?

By Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH

As a practicing rheumatologist for more than 30 years, I can recall a time – just a couple of decades ago – when waiting rooms were full of patients in wheelchairs, debilitated and in pain from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other related conditions.

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Early Rheumatology: The Contributions of Max Hirsch, MD

By Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH

Many readers of RheumNow know of my interest in the history of our discipline, and some of the writings and discoveries which have resulted from them. In the past three years, I have had the opportunity to explore the contributions of Max Hirsch, MD to our field.

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Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An Interval Look at Management Questions

By Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH  Christian Dejaco, MD, PhD, MBA

p dir="ltr"Despite an often fairly characteristic pattern of signs and symptoms, there are significant diagnostic challenges with polymyalgia rheumatica. The reason is that similar clinical features can be also observed in other diseases mimicking PMR, including infectious and malignancies, elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell arteritis, chondrocalcinosis or myositis, to mention some of the most important differential diagnoses. nbsp;/p

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Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An Interval Look at Management Questions

By Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH  Christian Dejaco, MD, PhD, MBA

p dir="ltr"Despite an often fairly characteristic pattern of signs and symptoms, there are significant diagnostic challenges with polymyalgia rheumatica. The reason is that similar clinical features can be also observed in other diseases mimicking PMR, including infectious and malignancies, elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell arteritis, chondrocalcinosis or myositis, to mention some of the most important differential diagnoses. nbsp;/p

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