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The Division of Rheumatology provides outpatient and inpatient consultation and/or continuing care for patients with rheumatic diseases such as:
- rheumatoid arthritis
- lupus erythematosus
- Sjögren's syndrome
- scleroderma (systemic sclerosis)
- dermatomyositis
- polychondritis
- polymyositis
- polymyalgia rheumatica
- osteoarthritis
- septic arthritis
- gout, pseudogout
- spondyloarthropathies
- ankylosing spondylitis
- reactive arthritis (Reiter's syndrome)
- psoriatic arthropathy
- enteropathic spondylitis
- reactive arthropathy
- vasculitis
- polyarteritis nodosa
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- serum sickness
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- giant cell arteritis
- temporal arteritis
- Takayasu's arteritis
- Behçet's syndrome
- Kawasaki's disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome)
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
Rheumatology also provides interpretation of the broad spectrum of laboratory tests used in differential diagnosis of the rheumatic disorders. A special Lupus Program and Scleroderma Program is available. |
