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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