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The Competence
Network Rheumatology is one
of 17 medicinal competence networks
funded by the BMBF. Rheumatism
is one of the most prominent
diseases in Germany. An estimated
1,3 million people alone suffer
under inflammatory rheumatism.
Diseases of the joints are leading
a wide variety of inflammatory
disorders, which frequently
effect other organs. The competence
network would like to teach
the effected patients about
the advancements of molecular
and cell biology, immunology
and the development of novel
drugs. In addition it would
like to make the diagnosis less
difficult and to shorten the
time until novel therapeutic
approaches reach the clinic
and are put into practice,
The rheumatological university
clinics of Berlin, Düsseldorf
, Erlangen, Freiburg, Hanover
and Lübeck/Bad Bramstedt
and the German Research Center
for Rheumatology (DRFZ) in Berlin
as well as the collaboration
of Regional Cooperative Rheumatology
Centers are members of the competence
network. This collaboration
of Regional Cooperative Rheumatology
Centers consists of 25 Centers
with more than 110 institutions,
including the Rheumatology center
Rhein-Main (RZRM). The RZRM
is located at the Institute
of Rheumatology at the University
of Frankfurt and is represented
by Prof. Dr. Joachim P. Kaltwasser.
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