Dr. Clarence W Legerton M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
2860 Tricom St Charleston SC, 29406Rating
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About
Dr. Clarence Legerton is a rheumatologist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Legerton 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. Legerton 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
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 1986
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Human cocidiosis. Recurrent diarrhea of 26 years duration due to Isaspora belli: A case report.
- Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis.
- Mechanism of pain in peptic ulcer.
- Hepatic cirrhosis and its complications.
- Pyloric channel ulcer.
- Anticholinergic anesthesia.
- Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in relapsing fever.
- Current trends in specific therapy of bacterial meningitis.
- Impact of T-cell costimulation modulation in patients with undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis or very early rheumatoid arthritis: a clinical and imaging study of abatacept (the ADJUST trial).
- The vagaries of Whipple's disease.
- Acute pancreatitis.
- Duodenal and gastric ulcer healing rates: a review.
- Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). Clinical management of its major complications.
- Intravascular malignant lymphoma mimicking central nervous system lupus.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Psoriasis
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Back Pain
- Pain
- Tendonitis
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