A Joint Venture

doi:10.1056/NEJMcps070565

Volume 358:2496-2501		June 5, 2008		Number 23

A Joint Venture

Abraham B. Schwarzberg, M.D., Cristina B. Alexander, M.D., Daniel J. DeAngelo, M.D., Ph.D., and Simon M. Helfgott, M.D.

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In this Journal feature, information about a real patient ispresented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician,who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoningwith the reader (regular type). The authors' commentary follows.

A 59-year-old woman presented with new-onset oligoarthritisand extreme fatigue. The patient had been in her usual stateof health until 6 weeks earlier, when she noted a gradual onsetof pain and swelling in her right knee, which necessitated theuse of a cane. Two weeks before presenting for care, she beganto experience pain in her left knee, followed by . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From Harvard Medical School (A.B.S., C.B.A., D.J.D., S.M.H.); the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (A.B.S.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute (A.B.S., D.J.D.); and the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (C.B.A., S.M.H.) — all in Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Schwarzberg at the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 10 North Grove St., POB 221, Boston, MA 02114, or at aschwarzberg@partners.org.