Vasculitis

It is the hope that new molecular and genetic techniques can take advantage of these vessel differences and bring us closer to a more sophisticated understanding of disease etiology and phenotypes.

Dr. Hoffman is professor and Harold C. Schott Chair of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and founder of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Vasculitis Care and Research.

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