Juvenile Arthritis Center - Somerville, MASomerville Pediatric Rheumatologist Doctors for Juvenile ArthritisType of Physician: Pediatric Rheumatologist What is a Pediatric Rheumatologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pediatrics. Practitioners treat the infant, child, or adolescent with rheumatic disease (causing painful disability in the muscles, tendons, bones, joints or nerves). They also participate in the prevention, understanding, and treatment of the various rheumatic disorders and promote understanding of the basic mechanisms of the disease in the interrelated areas of immunology, genetics, inflammation, and infectious diseases. Specialty: Pediatric Rheumatology Common Name: Pediatric Rheumatologist Doctors in Somerville * Mass General Hosp Ped Grp  Mass Gnrl Hsptl Pdtrc Rhmtlgy  Mass Gnrl Hsptl Pdtrc Rhmtlgy  Boston Children's Hosp Rhmtlgy  Boston Children's Hosp Rhmtlgy  Tufts New England Med Ctr PED  Tufts Medical Center PED RHU  Tufts Medical Center PED RHU  Umass Mem Ped Primry/Sb Speclty Somerville, MassachusettsUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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