Inflammatory rheumatologic disorders in the elderly

Unusual presentations, altered outlooks

Kristina B. Belostocki Dr Belostocki is assistant attending physician and instructor of medicine, and Dr Paget is physician-in-chief and chair of the division of rheumatology, Hospital for Special SurgeryCorrespondence[email protected]

, MD,

Stephen A. Paget Dr Belostocki is assistant attending physician and instructor of medicine, and Dr Paget is physician-in-chief and chair of the division of rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery

, MD &

Joseph P. RouthCornell University Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York.

(Professor of Medicine)

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Comorbidities, metabolic alterations, immunosenescence, and use of drugs may affect the manifestation, clinical course, immunopathogenesis, and prognosis of inflammatory rheumatologic disease in older per' sons. These factors need to be considered in evaluation and treatment in the geriatric population. In this article, Drs Belostocki and Paget discuss rheumatologic disorders that typically occur in advanced age, as well as those that characteristically occur in younger patients but may present de novo in the elderly.

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