Pharmacotherapy is provided for patients resistant to cognitive behavioral intervention. Appropriate follow up is arranged. State of the art immunodiagnostic and molecular diagnostic techniques are available in the institution. Appropriate oral or intravenous therapy is coordinated at home by the Division. This often involves input from pediatric nephrology and neurology.
Comprehensive care is coordinated by the nurse clinicians.
The division is involved in national studies of the epidemiology of juvenile dermatomyositis.