Our rheumatology researchers aremaking connections
to cure diseases of the joints.
Why do the body’s defenses sometimes turn against it?How can doctors
control or reverse theprocess?UPMC rheumatology researchershave shed
light on these mysteries, developing novel lab tests to better understand
autoimmunedisorders suchas lupus,polymyositis, and scleroderma.Their
workhas givendoctors new tools for understanding these diseases, which
beginwithpainful inflammationof the joints andmuscles that ultimately
can lead to life-threatening organ failures. And we’re an international
leader in studying the premature heart disease that can threaten people
with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, and helping to definehow their needs
differ from those of heart patients. UPMC ... turning medical mysteries
into cutting-edgemedicine.
Affiliatedwith the
University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine
, UPMC is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by
U.S.News&World Report.
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