Dr. Graciela S Alarcon MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Graciela Alarcon is a rheumatologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Alarcon 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. Alarcon 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
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ultrasound detection of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison to routine radiographs of the hands and feet.
- Race/ethnicity and cancer occurrence in systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US Cohort LUMINA XLVIII: factors predictive of pulmonary damage.
- Tetracyclines in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Is familial lupus different from sporadic lupus? Data from LUMINA (LXXIII), a multiethnic US cohort.
- Misoprostol in treatment of gastropathy due to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- A curriculum in clinical sexuality for arthritis health care professionals.
- Methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. Impact on quality of life assessed by traditional standard-item and individualized patient preference health status questionnaires.
- Malnutrition in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Toxicity due to remission inducing drugs in RA.
- Sexual quality-of-life of patients with arthritis compared to arthritis-free controls.
- Parenteral and oral pentazocine abuse.
- MR imaging of the hands in early rheumatoid arthritis: preliminary results.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus: predictors of its occurrence among a cohort of
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