Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Research Activities & Services to Physicians

Research Activities

New drug therapies for management of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
Basic laboratory investigations on immunology of SLE, immunological abnormalities in interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis and other connective tissue diseases and mechanisms of T-cell activation
Factors associated with the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis
Risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures and fracture recovery in older men and women

Services to Physicians

Consultation on complicated cases
Second opinions
Evaluation of patient conditions
Special treatment procedures, including infusion of biologic therapies (e.g., infliximab, abatacept, rituximab) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathies
Short-term and long-term management

This page was last updated on: February 8, 2008.

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