The Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's Hospital of Alabama was created in the summer of 2007 in response to a great need for pediatric rheumatic ...

HLA-B27 positivity is linked to higher odds of non-remission in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at 18 years after ...

The Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship is three years of training designed specifically to prepare qualified pediatricians for an academic and clinical career in rheumatology. The program provides ...

The ACR endorsed 11 guidance statements on the assessment and management of mental health concerns among youth with pediatric rheumatologic diseases.

This century-old statement by Abraham Jacobi, the founding father of pediatrics in the US, is especially relevant to the field of rheumatology. Many pediatric rheumatic diseases (PRDs) have ...

The treatment team will work with you to decide the right course of care for your child. Most children with lupus will see a pediatric rheumatologist. Pediatric rheumatologists specialize in ...

The learning health system model has been proposed as a framework to address contemporary challenges in health care delivery and spur clinical research and discovery. A continuum of quality ...

The division is one of the most well-known clinical rheumatology divisions in the Midwest, seeing more than 7,500 patients per year. We are also the eighth-largest pediatric rheumatology clinic in the ...

As the department continued to grow, one of the most glaring deficiencies in was the lack of a stable pediatric rheumatology program. Dr. Joe Butler, who trained in pediatric rheumatology at the NIH, ...

Many people who have (or suspect they have) lupus see a rheumatologist (or pediatric rheumatologist if a child or teen). This type of doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the ...