Dr. Dr. Frederick T. Murphy
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
175 Meadowbrook Ln Duncansville PA, 16635Rating
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About
Dr. Frederick Murphy is a rheumatologist practicing in Duncansville, PA. Dr. Murphy 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. Murphy treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Philadelphia Coll of Osteo Med, Philadelphia Pa 1993
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The use of Western blotting as the confirmatory test for syphilis in patients with rheumatic disease.
- Echolalia as a novel manifestation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Validation of the Diesse Mini-Ves erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) analyzer using the Westergren ESR method in patients with systemic inflammatory conditions.
- Heterogeneity between men and women in the influence of the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope on the clinical expression of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Ethnic variation in the clinical manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis: role of HLA-DRB1 alleles.
- Increasing resident research in a military internal medicine program.
- Evaluation of the comparative efficacy of etoricoxib and ibuprofen for treatment of patients with osteoarthritis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Max Ballin, M.D. 1869-1934.
- IV. The Movements of the Stomach and Intestines in Some Surgical Conditions.
- THE CHOICE OF ANAESTHETIC IN OPERATING FOR ABSCESS OF THE LUNG: REPORT OF TWO CASES OPERATED UPON UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHESIA.
- Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with a Syk kinase inhibitor: a twelve-week,
- PANCREATIC TRANSPLANTATIONS IN THE SPLEEN.
- Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of NGX-4010, capsaicin 8% patch, in an open-label study of patients with peripheral neuropathic pain.
- Tolerability of NGX-4010, a capsaicin 8% patch, in conjunction with three topical anesthetic formulations for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
- Tanezumab reduces osteoarthritic knee pain: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial.
Treatments
- Psoriasis
- Osteoporosis
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pain
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