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Rheumatology 2002; 41: 5-6
© 2002 British Society for Rheumatology

Editorials

‘Oh, Come All Ye Faithful’: acquiring and maintaining a cohort

D. Isenberg, M. Ehrenstein and A. Rahman

Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK.

The lupus clinic at the Centre for Rheumatology, The Middlesex Hospital, University College London, started by Michael Snaith in 1977, recently acquired its 300th patient. Incidentally, we do not see patients as a one-off or, with very few exceptions, as an annual review, but rather contribute to their care weekly if necessary. The patients seem to have found us rather than us actively seeking them out. We do not as yet have our own web page and word of mouth remains a potent stimulus for patients to seek a referral to our lupus clinic.

Looking after 300 patients with lupus is very time-consuming and requires a great deal of hard work but is also fascinating, challenging and stimulating and constantly recalls the mantra . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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