Rheumatology

Diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases in children and adolescents

Physicians in the Rheumatology Clinic see children with a range of rheumatic diseases. Conditions most frequently treated in the clinic include:

• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (formerly known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis)
• Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus spectrum disorders
• Dermatomyositis and polymyositis
• Scleroderma (localized and systemic)
• Kawasaki's disease, HSP, GPA, Systemic vasculitis
• Rheumatic fever and Reactive arthritides
• Auto inflammatory disorders (e.g. Periodic fever syndrome, Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis)
• Inflammatory brain disorders
• Behcets disease, sarcoidosis & miscellaneous rheumatic diseases  

Our clinic is in close collaboration with the Texas Children's Hospital infusion centers, musculoskeletal radiology, and recently, the Texas Children's Hospital specialty pharmacy.