This division was established in March 2002, and has made Yuan’s General Hospital one of the few Kaohsiung hospitals to offer specialized rheumatologic and immunologic care for patients with the following diseases. 1. Autoimmune diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, systemic scleroderma, angiitis, spondyloarthritides, Raynaud's Disease, ankylosing spondylitis, seronegative arthritis, and other immune system diseases. 2. Joint diseases: gouty arthropathy, degenerative arthritis, palindromic rheumatis, osteoporosis, septic arthritis and other joint diseases. 3. Allergic diseases: allergic rhinitis, urticaria, atopic dermatitis and general food or drug allergy.