Dr. Louis W Heck MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Louis Heck is a rheumatologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Heck 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. Heck treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Additive enhancement of neutrophil collagenase activity by HOCl and cathepsin G.
- Effects of doxycycline on progression of osteoarthritis: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.
- Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis associated with mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection.
- Inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase product formation and polymorphonuclear cell degranulation by tenidap sodium in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Degradation of IgA proteins by Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase.
- Subsequent behavior of users of an arthritis information telephone service.
- Differential staining of neutrophils and monocytes: surface and cytoplasmic iron-binding proteins.
- Cleavage of collagen type X by human synovial collagenase and neutrophil elastase.
- Neutrophil activation by surface bound IgG is via a pertussis toxin insensitive G protein.
- Release of elastase from purified human lung mast cells and basophils. Identification as a Hageman factor cleaving enzyme.
- Gonadectomy induces laminin biosynthesis and basement membrane assembly in anterior pituitary glands of adult rats.
- Cell surface receptors for kidney basement membranes.
- Unsuspected Cushing's disease in a patient with fatal staphylococcal bacteremia and multiple pituitary adenomas.
- Alterations in macrophage collagenase secretion induced by gold sodium thiomalate.
- The bioflavonoid quercetin inhibits neutrophil degranulation, superoxide production, and the phosphorylation of specific neutrophil proteins.
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