The Division also includes a rheumatology laboratory that offers rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibodies, immune complex, and other immunological testing. The research laboratory's priority projects are on SLE, its cause and possible viral etiology, and on JRA, immunological studies and treatment. Effects of systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis on facial morphology and temporomandibular joint form and function. In vitro effects of methotrexate on polyamine levels in lymphocytes from rheumatoid arthritis patients. An in vitro model for studying mechanisms underlying synoviocyte- mediated cartilage invasion in rheumatoid arthritis.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Drug therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. Human parvovirus infection. Early onset of pulmonary parenchymal disease associated with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. IgM rheumatoid factors in Turkish patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Screening for uveitis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.