title: [Rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis-rheumatologic highlights 2009].
abstract: In this year rheumatology highlights, we will especially note a new treatment, the tocilizumab, an interleukin-6 targeting therapy, effective and adequately safe for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. New classification criteria for axial spondylarthropathy have also been published, criteria that should facilitate earlier diagnosis, a diagnosis that should be pursue like a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis even in the absence of an inflammatory biological syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Service de rhumatologie, médecine physique et rééducation, Département de I'appareil locomoteur, Hôpital orthopédique, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. jean.dudler@chuv.ch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dudler
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; C502936:tocilizumab