Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Overview
Specializes in autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, offering diagnosis, immunomodulatory treatment, and long-term management of systemic inflammatory disorders.
Key Strengths at Kobe University Hospital
- Expert evaluation of connective tissue disease, vasculitis, and inflammatory arthritis with attention to organ involvement beyond the joints.
- Use of modern immunomodulatory and biologic therapy tailored to disease type, severity, and patient background.
- Collaboration with nephrology, dermatology, respiratory medicine, and pathology for systemic autoimmune disease affecting multiple organs.
Major Conditions / Services
- Rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitis
- Systemic sclerosis, myositis, and other connective tissue diseases
Representative Procedures / Programs
- Immunologic diagnostic evaluation
- Biologic and targeted therapy for autoimmune disease
- Long-term multidisciplinary disease control