What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search News Hepatology is the Service with the highest participation in clinical trials of liver diseases in Spain The Hepatology Service is currently participating in 74 clinical trials, of which 50 are commercial. Specialities Foetal Surgery Unit The Foetal Surgery Unit is made up of physicians from various specialities, in order to provide a surgical response for those foetal pathologies that are susceptible to treatment via foetal surgery. Pathologies Spondyloarthritis Spondyloarthritis is the name of a group of diseases whose common element is inflammation of the axial skeleton (especially the spine), although it can also affect the peripheral joints (hands, feet, knees, etc.). The following diseases are included in this group: axial spondyloarthritis (or anky Pathologies Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the joints, although it can also compromise other organs. There is definitely a genetic component, but its cause is unknown. Pathologies Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) SLE is a systemic autoimmune disease. Under normal conditions, the immune system produces proteins (antibodies) to protect us from bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances (what we call antigens). In autoimmune diseases lik Specialities Bone Metabolism Unit The Bone Metabolism Unit (UMO) focuses on detecting, treating, and monitoring patients with metabolic bone disorders. Our specialized care comprises pathologies ranging from osteoporosis, which is the most common of these di Specialities Clinical Trials Unit (UAC) The Clinical Trials Unit (UAC) within the Rheumatology Department was created in 2020 to provide support for clinical assays with medications that are backed by the pharmaceutical industry and research projects backed by investigators from the Rheumatology Department. Work is done in close collab Specialities Inflammation and Autoimmunity Unit The Rheumatology Department at Vall d'Hebron Hospital has a long and successful history of treating patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID). The IMIDs are a group of systemic illnesses that share common characteristics and are of unknow Pathologies Immune-mediated adverse effects related to cancer immunotherapy Immunotherapy has revolutionised the treatment of some cancers in recent years. The immune system's job is to recognise and eliminate tumour cells, which prevents the appearance of tumours. However, when the tumour cells evade the immune system or it is not able to contain the tumour, that is whe Pathologies Paget's disease This is the second most frequent bone disorder, following osteoporosis. It affects 1.5-3% of the population over 65 years of age. It was described by Sir James Paget in 1876. In this disease, the natural process of the destruction of old bone Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 148 Next page ››