Dr. Mara Leigh Becker M.D.
Rheumatologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Rheumatology
2401 Gillham Rd Section Of Rheumatol Kansas City MO, 64108Rating
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Dr. Mara Becker practices Pediatric Rheumatology in Kansas City, MO. Pediatric rheumatologists treat child patients who suffer from pain in the musculoskeletal system, have symptoms of arthritis, or an autoimmune disorder. Dr. Becker evaluates and treats a variety of joint, muscle, and bone disorders; including autoimmune disorders, such as lupus, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, Kawasaki disease, post-infectious arthritis, chronic vasculitis, and inflammatory disorders of the muscle, eye, or other organs. Dr. Becker also is trained in the evaluation of prolonged fever, unexplained complaints of chronic musculoskeletal pain, weakness, poor appetite, fatigue, and/or loss of function or skills.
Education and Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1999
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Rheumatology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A novel high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry method for improved selective and sensitive measurement of methotrexate polyglutamation status in human red blood cells.
- Analysis of intracellular methotrexate polyglutamates in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: effect of route of administration on variability in intracellular methotrexate polyglutamate concentrations.
- The effect of genotype on methotrexate polyglutamate variability in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and association with drug response.
- Developmental pharmacogenetics in pediatric rheumatology: utilizing a new paradigm to effectively treat patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis with methotrexate.
- Identifying genomic and developmental causes of adverse drug reactions in children.
- Developmental pharmacogenomics.
- Development of biomarkers to optimize pediatric patient management: what makes children different?
- Measurement of methotrexate polyglutamates in human erythrocytes by ion-pair UPLC-MS/MS.
- Comprehensive quantitative measurement of folate polyglutamates in human erythrocytes by ion pairing ultra-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry.
- Pharmacogenomics in pediatric rheumatology.
- Risk score modeling of multiple gene to gene interactions using aggregated-multifactor dimensionality reduction.
- Decreased expression of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis receiving methotrexate.
- Low-dose methotrexate results in the selective accumulation of aminoimidazole carboxamide ribotide in an erythroblastoid cell line.
- Pharmacogenomics in childhood rheumatic disorders: a foundation for future individualized therapy.
- Combined meta-analysis of systemic effects of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and systemic sclerosis.
Treatments
- Uveitis
- Lupus
- Scleroderma
- Pain
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