[PDF] Top 20 Outcome of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Enthesitis related Arthritis.

... or arthritis, myalgia, abdominal pains from serositis that can mimic an acute abdomen, breathlessness and chest pains on lying flat indicating pericarditis, and acute chest pains from ...mild arthritis, to ... See full document

... There are limitations to our study. The most important limitation is the retrospective nature, with possible conse- quences discussed above. On the other hand, the strengths of our study include the population-based ... See full document

... ophthalmologists and regular screening with slit lamp examination is essential for early diagnosis. Growing evidence supports the early use of systemic immunosup- pression with the aim of quiescence of intraocular in- ... See full document

... of enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) – another distinct sub- type of JIA – was also studied and already reviewed comprehensively by Gill et ...on juvenile spon- dyloarthritis) [52, ... See full document

... The lowest mean 25(OH)D concentration, 22 nmol/L (n = 35) was reported from India. These patients were found to be consuming significantly less vitamin D and had less sun exposure compared to healthy controls [31]. The ... See full document

... 8. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Boers M, Bombardier C, Chernoff M, Fried B, et al. The American College of Rheumatology prelininary core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. ... See full document

... Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an inflammatory joint disease in children that can involve the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), consequently affect craniofacial growth, jaw function creating ... See full document

... So far, JIA-related uveitis remains one of the main causes of visual impairment in children. Therapy of uveitis typi- cally follows a stepladder approach, beginning with topical corticosteroid drops and ... See full document

... psoriatic arthritis, JIA with enthesitis and undifferentiated JIA (n=6) and if an ongoing uveitis was present with only a mild course of arthritis ... See full document

... difference in response rates at 1 year with an ACR30 of 70% in etanercept and 81% in combination group (p ⬍ 0.05) and an ACR70 of 45% versus 62% respectively (p ⬍ 0.01). There was no signifi cant difference in the number ... See full document

... psoriatic arthritis and enthesitis related arthritis categories were excluded from the study sample, while in the present study all JIA categories were ... See full document

... The prevalence of obesity was determined. Linear regres- sion was used to examine the association of obesity with JADAS-27, physician VAS, parent VAS, number of active joints, and CRP levels. Logistic regression was used ... See full document

... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) affects 294,000 chil- dren in the United States ‘ ...health related quality of life (HQOL) and ...anxiety related to their child ’ s chronic illness ... See full document

... The gene encoding macrophage migration inhibitory fac- tor (MIF) has also been investigated in several cohorts of patients with JIA. A functional SNP at position -173 has been associated with JIA in the study by Donn et ... See full document

... characteristics of this chronic synovitis suggest an immune cell–mediated patho- genesis (3). Indeed, proinflammatory cy- tokines such as TNF-α have been found to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of JIA, and ... See full document

... Four genes were upregulated in samples from patients that achieved remission with either therapeutic regimen, namely chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 2 (CHD2), RNA-binding motif protein 25 (RBM25), tripartite ... See full document

... of enthesitis in children is challenging owing to the peculiar fat distribution, that can mask the anatomical landmarks, and the frequently insufficient cooperation of very young ...detect enthesitis in ... See full document

... the enthesitis-relative arthritis ...his arthritis had been very severe due to the con- tributing effect of the immune deficiency, resulting in serious joint ... See full document

... as juvenile spondyloarthropathy), albeit with certain significant ...of arthritis along with enthesitis or the presence of either arthritis or enthesitis along with any of the two ... See full document

... ERA: Enthesitis-related arthritis; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FC: Faecal calprotectin; GI: Gastrointestinal; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; ILAR: International League of Associations for ... See full document