Dr. Walford J. Fessel MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
2200 Ofarrell St San Francisco CA, 94115About
Dr. Walford Fessel is a rheumatologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Fessel 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. Fessel 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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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dissociation of immunologic and virologic responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- Thalidomide for the treatment of AIDS-associated wasting.
- Letter: Rheumatology for clinicians.
- Intra-cutaneous Congo red in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Electrophoretic and analytical ultra-centrifuge studies in sera of psychotic patients: elevation of gamma globulins and macroglobulins, and splitting of alpha globulins.
- Disturbed serum proteins in chronic psychosis. Serological, medical and psychiatric correlations.
- Serum protein abnormalities in psychosis: a preliminary report.
- Psychosis and systemic lupus erythematosus: a review of the literature and case reports.
- Nucleoprotein-latex agglutination test in connective tissue diseases.
- Autoimmunity and mental illness. A preliminary report.
- Blood proteins in functional psychoses. A review of the literature and unifying hypothesis.
- Macroglobin elevations in functional mental illness.
- Serum protein disturbance in retinitis pigmentosa and the association of retinitis pigmentosa with psychosis.
- Distinctive protein patterns in functional psychoses.
- Loss of immunological reactivity of an alpha-2 globulin after prolonged freezing of serum.
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