Dr. Mary Karin Connolly MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
1701 Divisadero St San Francisco CA, 94115About
Dr. Mary Connolly is a rheumatologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Connolly specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Connolly treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Peripheral neuropathy in scleroderma.
- Systemic and cell type-specific gene expression patterns in scleroderma skin.
- The pyrin family of fever genes: unmasking genetic determinants of autoinflammatory disease.
- An unusual presentation of amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with fatal interstitial lung disease.
- Pathologic alterations of cutaneous innervation and vasculature in affected limbs from patients with complex regional pain syndrome.
- Cyclophosphamide versus placebo in scleroderma lung disease.
- Effects of 1-year treatment with cyclophosphamide on outcomes at 2 years in scleroderma lung disease.
- Diagnosis of Muckle-Wells syndrome - 33 years later.
- Molecular subsets in the gene expression signatures of scleroderma skin.
- The stiff skin syndrome: case series, differential diagnosis of the stiff skin phenotype, and review of the literature.
- A TGFbeta-responsive gene signature is associated with a subset of diffuse scleroderma with increased disease severity.
- The pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis.
- Updates in adult-onset Still disease: Atypical cutaneous manifestations and associations with delayed malignancy.
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