Dr. Robert Alan Ortmann MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
4301 W Markham St 509 Little Rock AR, 72205About
Dr. Robert Ortmann is a rheumatologist practicing in Little Rock, AR. Dr. Ortmann 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. Ortmann 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- Update on cyclophosphamide for systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Janus kinases and signal transducers and activators of transcription: their roles in cytokine signaling, development and immunoregulation.
- Susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis: cytokine-mediated regulation.
- A major B cell epitope present on the apoptotic but not the intact form of the U1-70-kDa ribonucleoprotein autoantigen.
- Animal models of rheumatoid arthritis and their relevance to human disease.
- Autoimmune vasculitis and plaque erosion in the cardiometabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Synoviolin promotes IRE1 ubiquitination and degradation in synovial fibroblasts from mice with collagen-induced arthritis.
- Comparison of different methods for the purification of eosinophils from human peripheral blood.
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