Dr. Robert A Roubey MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Robert Roubey is a rheumatologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Roubey 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. Roubey treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Systemic lupus erythematosus, hypercoagulable states, and antiphospholipid antibodies.
- Immunology of the antiphospholipid syndrome: antibodies, antigens, and autoimmune response.
- Antiphospholipid syndrome: antibodies and antigens.
- Tissue factor pathway and the antiphospholipid syndrome.
- Update on antiphospholipid antibodies.
- Treatment of the antiphospholipid syndrome.
- Differences by race, sex and age in the clinical and immunologic features of recently diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus patients in the southeastern United States.
- Delayed apoptotic cell clearance and lupus-like autoimmunity in mice lacking the c-mer membrane tyrosine kinase.
- New approaches to prevention of thrombosis in the antiphospholipid syndrome: hopes, trials, and tribulations.
- Characterization of monocyte tissue factor activity induced by IgG antiphospholipid antibodies and inhibition by dilazep.
- Antiphospholipid antibodies: immunological aspects.
- Anti-beta 2-glycoprotein I antibodies do not increase TF activity by de-encryption.
- Mechanisms of autoantibody-induced monocyte tissue factor expression.
- Annexin A2: better left alone.
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