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Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH

Dr. Megan Clowse is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology.  Her clinical research focuses on the management of rheumatic diseases in pregnancy. She has cared for over 600 pregnancies in women with rheumatic disease, collecting information on these pregnancies initially in the Duke Autoimmunity in Pregnancy Registry and Repository, and now the MADRA (Maternal Autoimmune Disease Research Alliance) registry and repository.  She served on the Core Leadership Team for the inaugural American College of Rheumatology's Reproductive Health Guidelines, published January 2020.  Dr. Clowse created www.LupusPregnancy.org, a website dedicated to improving lupus pregnancy planning and management for patients and rheumatologists.

Articles By Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH

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ICYMI: Changing the Conversation with Patients: Lupus

By Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH

Dr. Megan Clowse from Duke University talks about changing how she talks to patients with lupus, exploring and treating two types of lupus. This RheumThoughts was originally published April 5, 2023, and is being shared again in case you missed it.

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Changing the Conversation with Patients: Lupus

By Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH

Dr. Megan Clowse from Duke University talks about changing how she talks to patients with lupus, exploring and treating two types of lupus.

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Pregnancy and Psoriatic Arthritis

By Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH

Patient TS was a 30 year old woman who had been living with psoriatic arthritis for about 18 months. Her symptoms had started about 6 months after the birth of her first child with mild psoriasis in her scalp but increasing joint pain in her hands, wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles.

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