Dr. William D. Ratnoff M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
6440 S Millrock Dr Suite 175 Salt Lake City UT, 84121About
Dr. William Ratnoff is a rheumatologist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Ratnoff 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. Ratnoff 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Structural properties of the glycoplasmanylinositol anchor phospholipid of the complement membrane attack complex inhibitor CD59.
- Structural basis for variations in the sensitivity of human decay accelerating factor to phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C cleavage.
- Immunologic relationships of antihemophilic factor of different species detected by specific human and rabbit antibodies.
- The rabbit properdin system: I. Identification of a new factor and purification of rabbit properdin.
- A war with the molecules: Louis Pillemer and the history of properdin.
- Activation of the alternative complement pathway by Histoplasma capsulatum.
- Inherited deficiencies of complement in rheumatic diseases.
- Detection of a soluble form of B7-1 (CD80) in synovial fluid from patients with arthritis using monoclonal antibodies against distinct epitopes of human B7-1.
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