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Pediatric Rheumatology

Issue 1/2017

Content (82 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance consensus clinical treatment plans for juvenile dermatomyositis with skin predominant disease

Susan Kim, Philip Kahn, Angela B. Robinson, Bianca Lang, Andrew Shulman, Edward. J. Oberle, Kenneth Schikler, Megan Lea Curran, Lilliana Barillas-Arias, Charles H. Spencer, Lisa G. Rider, Adam M. Huber

Open Access Short report

Atypical monoarthritis presentation in children with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case series

Natasha Lepore, Megan Cashin, Debra Bartley, Daniela Simona Ardelean

Open Access Research article

Endothelial function in children with a history of henoch schonlein purpura

Yonatan Butbul Aviel, Lotem Dafna, Giora Pilar, Riva Brik

Open Access Research article

The spectrum of rheumatic in-patient diagnoses at a pediatric hospital in Kenya

Angela Migowa, Inés Colmegna, Carol Hitchon, Eugene Were, Evelyn Ng’ang’a, Thomas Ngwiri, John Wachira, Sasha Bernatsky, Rosie Scuccimarri

Open Access Review

Macrophage Activation Syndrome: different mechanisms leading to a one clinical syndrome

Claudia Bracaglia, Giusi Prencipe, Fabrizio De Benedetti

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of psychosocial therapies for children with rheumatic diseases

Ezra M. Cohen, Alessio Morley-Fletcher, Darshan H. Mehta, Yvonne C. Lee

Open Access Research article

Spectrum of paediatric rheumatic diseases in Nigeria

Babatunde Hakeem Olaosebikan, Olufemi Oladipo Adelowo, Barakat Adeola Animashaun, Richard Oluyinka Akintayo

Open Access Research article

Establishing percentile charts for hip joint capsule and synovial cavity thickness in apparently healthy children

Zbigniew Żuber, Aleksander Owczarek, Małgorzata Sobczyk, Agata Migas-Majoch, Dorota Turowska-Heydel, Agnieszka Sternal, Justyna Michalczak, Jerzy Chudek

Open Access Research article

Fecal calprotectin in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients related to drug use

Kristiina Aalto, Pekka Lahdenne, Kaija-Leena Kolho

Open Access Research article

“HLA-G 3′UTR gene polymorphisms and rheumatic heart disease: a familial study among South Indian population”

Maheshkumar Poomarimuthu, Sivakumar Elango, Sambath Soundrapandian, Jayalakshmi Mariakuttikan

Open Access Short report

A comparison of three treatment strategies in recent onset non-systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: initial 3-months results of the BeSt for Kids-study

P. C. E. Hissink Muller, D. M. C. Brinkman, D. Schonenberg, Y. Koopman-Keemink, I. C. J. Brederije, W. P. Bekkering, T. W. Kuijpers, M. A. J. van Rossum, L. W. A. van Suijlekom-Smit, J. M. van den Berg, C. F. Allaart, R. ten Cate

Open Access Research article

TLR4 rs41426344 increases susceptibility of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in a central south Chinese Han population

Yan Wang, Lianghui Chen, Fang Li, Meihua Bao, Jie Zeng, Ju Xiang, Huaiqing Luo, Jianming Li, Liang Tang

Open Access Research article

Psoriasis and associated variables in classification and outcome of juvenile idiopathic arthritis - an eight-year follow-up study

Maria Ekelund, Kristiina Aalto, Anders Fasth, Troels Herlin, Susan Nielsen, Ellen Nordal, Suvi Peltoniemi, Marite Rygg, Marek Zak, Lillemor Berntson, Gudmund Marhaug, Freddy Karup Pedersen, Pirkko Pelkonen, Boel Anderson-Gäre

Open Access Research article

Missed opportunities for timely diagnosis of pediatric lupus in South Africa: a qualitative study

Laura B. Lewandowski, Melissa H. Watt, Laura E. Schanberg, Nathan M. Thielman, Christiaan Scott

Open Access Research article

A single-center analysis of Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis with nephrotic proteinuria in children

Dan Feng, Wen-Yan Huang, Sheng Hao, Xiao-Ling Niu, Ping Wang, Ying Wu, Guang-Hua Zhu

Open Access Short report

Inflammatory bowel disease following anti-interleukin-1-treatment in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Boris Hügle, Fabian Speth, Johannes-Peter Haas

Open Access Research article

Predictors for intravenous immunoglobulin resistance and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease

Tian Xie, Ying Wang, Songling Fu, Wei Wang, Chunhong Xie, Yiying Zhang, Fangqi Gong

Open Access Review

Methods for analyzing observational longitudinal prognosis studies for rheumatic diseases: a review & worked example using a clinic-based cohort of juvenile dermatomyositis patients

Lily Siok Hoon Lim, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Rahim Moineddin, Dafna D Gladman, Earl D Silverman, Brian M Feldman

Open Access Case report

Munchausen by proxy syndrome mimicking systemic autoinflammatory disease: case report and review of the literature

Helmut Wittkowski, Claas Hinze, Sigrid Häfner-Harms, Vinzenz Oji, Katja Masjosthusmann, Martina Monninger, Ulrike Grenzebach, Dirk Foell

Open Access Research article

Radiographic damage in hands and wrists of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis after 29 years of disease duration

Anne M. Selvaag, Eva Kirkhus, Lena Törnqvist, Vibke Lilleby, Hanne A. Aulie, Berit Flatø

Open Access Regular article

BK viruria and viremia in children with systemic lupus erythematosus

Nirupama Gupta, Cuong Q. Nguyen, Renee F. Modica, Melissa E. Elder, Eduardo H. Garin

Open Access Research article

Ultrasound-guided steroid tendon sheath injections in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a 10-year single-center retrospective study

Shannon E. Peters, Ronald M. Laxer, Bairbre L. Connolly, Dimitri A. Parra

Open Access Regular article

Pilot study comparing the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Consensus Treatment Plans

Yukiko Kimura, Sriharsha Grevich, Timothy Beukelman, Esi Morgan, Peter A. Nigrovic, Kelly Mieszkalski, T Brent Graham, Maria Ibarra, Norman Ilowite, Marisa Klein-Gitelman, Karen Onel, Sampath Prahalad, Marilynn Punaro, Sarah Ringold, Dana Toib, Heather Van Mater, Jennifer E. Weiss, Pamela F. Weiss, Laura E. Schanberg, L. Abramson, E. Anderson, M. Andrew, N. Battle, M. Becker, H. Benham, T. Beukelman, J. Birmingham, P. Blier, A. Brown, H. Brunner, A. Cabrera, D. Canter, D. Carlton, B. Caruso, L. Ceracchio, E. Chalom, J. Chang, P. Charpentier, K. Clark, J. Dean, F. Dedeoglu, B. Feldman, P. Ferguson, M. Fox, K. Francis, M. Gervasini, D. Goldsmith, G. Gorton, B. Gottlieb, T. Graham, T. Griffin, H. Grosbein, S. Guppy, H. Haftel, D. Helfrich, G. Higgins, A. Hillard, J. R. Hollister, J. Hsu, A. Hudgins, C. Hung, A. Huttenlocher, N. Ilowite, A. Imlay, L. Imundo, C. J. Inman, J. Jaqith, R. Jerath, L. Jung, P. Kahn, A. Kapedani, D. Kingsbury, K. Klein, M. Klein-Gitelman, A. Kunkel, S. Lapidus, S. Layburn, T. Lehman, C. Lindsley, M. Macgregor-Hannah, M. Malloy, C. Mawhorter, D. McCurdy, K. Mims, N. Moorthy, D. Morus, E. Muscal, M. Natter, J. Olson, K. O’Neil, K. Onel, M. Orlando, J. Palmquist, M. Phillips, L. Ponder, S. Prahalad, M. Punaro, D. Puplava, S. Quinn, A. Quintero, C. Rabinovich, A. Reed, C. Reed, S. Ringold, M. Riordan, S. Roberson, A. Robinson, J. Rossette, D. Rothman, D. Russo, N. Ruth, K. Schikler, A. Sestak, B. Shaham, Y. Sherman, M. Simmons, N. Singer, S. Spalding, H. Stapp, R. Syed, E. Thomas, K. Torok, D. Trejo, J. Tress, W. Upton, R. Vehe, E. von Scheven, L. Walters, J. E. Weiss, P. F. Weiss, N. Welnick, A. White, J. Woo, J. Wootton, A. Yalcindag, C. Zapp, L. Zemel, A. Zhu

Open Access Research article

ASAS definition for sacroiliitis on MRI in SpA: applicable to children?

Nele Herregods, Joke Dehoorne, Filip Van den Bosch, Jacob Lester Jaremko, Joke Van Vlaenderen, Rik Joos, Xenofon Baraliakos, Gaëlle Varkas, Koenraad Verstraete, Dirk Elewaut, Lennart Jans

Open Access Research article

Muscle MRI at the time of questionable disease flares in Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)

Rabheh Abdul-Aziz, Chack-Yung Yu, Brent Adler, Sharon Bout-Tabaku, Katherine E. Lintner, Melissa Moore-Clingenpeel, Charles H. Spencer

Open Access Research article

Histologic effects of mandibular protrusion splints in antigen-induced TMJ arthritis in rabbits

Julia von Bremen, Kernt Köhler, Krystyna Siudak, Daniel Zahner, Sabine Ruf

Open Access Review

Lung involvement in childhood onset granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Giovanni Filocamo, Sofia Torreggiani, Carlo Agostoni, Susanna Esposito

Open Access Research article

Clinical study of children with Takayasu arteritis: a retrospective study from a single center in China

Ye Feng, Xuemei Tang, Mingyue Liu, Juan Zhou, Xiaodong Zhao, Qiu Li

Open Access Research article

The new Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) registry: design, rationale, and characteristics of patients enrolled in the first 12 months

Timothy Beukelman, Yukiko Kimura, Norman T. Ilowite, Kelly Mieszkalski, Marc D. Natter, Grendel Burrell, Brian Best, Jason Jones, Laura E. Schanberg, Leslie Abramson, Shoghik Akoghlanian, Edwin Anderson, Margaret Andrew, Kevin Baszis, Mara Becker, Heather Bell-Brunson, Heather Benham, James Birmingham, Peter Blier, Hermine Brunner, Elizabeth Chalom, Johanna Chang, Paula Charpentier, Nazma Chowdhury, Joni Dean, Fatma Dedeoglu, Marija Dionizovik-Dimanovski, Brian Feldman, Polly Ferguson, Marie Fox, Kimberly Francis, Lourdes Franco, Mary Gervasini, Ingrid Goh, Donald Goldsmith, T. Brent Graham, Thomas Griffin, Dawn Helfrich, Kristin Hickey, Mark Hoeltzel, Sarah Holtschlag, Joyce Hsu, Adam Huber, Anna Huttenlocher, Lisa Imundo, Christi Inman, Jane Jaquith, Rita Jerath, Suzy Jones, Philip Kahn, Daniel Kingsbury, Kristin Klein, Marisa Klein-Gitelman, Sara Kramer, Ann Kunkel, Sivia Lapidus, Deborah Latham, Thomas Lehman, Carol Lindsley, Sean Linehan, Jennifer Lorenzo, Bipin Malla, Alexandra Martyniuk, Thomas Mason, Karen McConnell, Deborah McCurdy, Kieran McKibben, Chivon McMullen-Jackson, Diana Milojevic, Katie Mims, Christine Moniz, Sheri Morgan, Elizabeth Murray, Karen Nicely, Kathleen O’Neil, Karen Onel, Jordan Orange, Lori Ponder, Sampath Prahalad, Marilynn Punaro, C. Egla Rabinovich, Amy Rakestraw, Susan Rauch, Luke Reichley, Ariel Rhea, Sarah Ringold, Mary Ellen Riordan, Staci Roberson, Angela Robinson, Margalit Rosenkranz, Krista Ross, Deborah Rothman, Yonit Ruas, Natasha Ruth, Rosemary Sanders, Kenneth Schikler, Nora Singer, Chelsey Smith, Heidi Stapp, Shameka Swann, Reema Syed, Ashlee Tangarone, Akaluck Thatayatikom, Danielle Trejo, Jenna Tress, Richard Vehe, Emily von Scheven, Allen Watts, Jennifer Weiss, Pamela Weiss, Jennifer Woo, Ali Yalcindag, Andrew Zeft, Lawrence Zemel, Aihua Zhu

Open Access Research article

A survey of national and multi-national registries and cohort studies in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: challenges and opportunities

Timothy Beukelman, Janneke Anink, Lillemor Berntson, Ciaran Duffy, Justine A. Ellis, Mia Glerup, Jaime Guzman, Gerd Horneff, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet, Ariane Klein, Jens Klotsche, Bo Magnusson, Kirsten Minden, Jane E. Munro, Martina Niewerth, Ellen Nordal, Nicolino Ruperto, Maria Jose Santos, Laura E. Schanberg, Wendy Thomson, Lisette van Suijlekom-Smit, Nico Wulffraat, Kimme Hyrich

Open Access Research article

Observational study of Interleukin-21 (IL-21) does not distinguish Kawasaki disease from other causes of fever in children

Rachel Engelberg, Meghan Martin, Brian H. Wrotniak, Mark Daniel Hicar

Open Access Review

Intestinal Behçet and Crohn’s disease: two sides of the same coin

Simona Valenti, Romina Gallizzi, Dominique De Vivo, Claudio Romano

Open Access Short report

Arterial stiffness by oscillometric device and telomere lenght in juvenile idiopathic artrhitis with no cardiovascular risk factors: a cross-sectional study

Maria Mercedes Picarelli, Luiz Cláudio Danzmann, Lucas Kich Grun, Nevton Teixeira Rosa Júnior, Patrícia Lavandovsky, Fátima Theresinha Costa Rodrigues Guma, Renato T. Stein, Florência Barbé-Tuana, Marcus Herbert Jones

Open Access Research article

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis in relation to perinatal and maternal characteristics: a case control study

Samantha W. Bell, Susan Shenoi, J. Lee Nelson, Parveen Bhatti, Beth A. Mueller

Open Access Case report

Simultaneous development of Kawasaki disease following acute human adenovirus infection in monozygotic twins: A case report

Sayaka Fukuda, Shuichi Ito, Maya Fujiwara, Jun Abe, Nozomu Hanaoka, Tsuguto Fujimoto, Hiroshi Katsumori

Open Access Review

Harnessing interactive technologies to improve health outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Andrea Coda, Dean Sculley, Derek Santos, Xavier Girones, Lucie Brosseau, Derek R. Smith, Joshua Burns, Keith Rome, Jane Munro, Davinder Singh-Grewal

Open Access Short Report

Endothelial progenitor cell number is not decreased in 34 children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis: a pilot study

Dong Xu, Akadia Kacha-Ochana, Gabrielle A. Morgan, Chiang-Ching Huang, Lauren M. Pachman

Open Access Research article

Education and employment in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis – a standardized comparison to the German general population

Jenny Schlichtiger, Johannes-Peter Haas, Swaantje Barth, Betty Bisdorff, Lisa Hager, Hartmut Michels, Boris Hügle, Katja Radon

Open Access Regular article

Early feeding and risk of Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case control study in a prospective birth cohort

Erik Kindgren, Mats Fredrikson, Johnny Ludvigsson

Open Access Research article

Challenges in transitioning adolescents and young adults with rheumatologic diseases to adult Care in a Developing Country - the Brazilian experience

Catherine Gusman Anelli, Ana Luiza Mendes Amorim, Fabiane Mitie Osaku, Maria Teresa Terreri, Claudio Arnaldo Len, Andreas Reiff

Open Access Research article

Design and implementation of a decision aid for juvenile idiopathic arthritis medication choices

William B. Brinkman, Ellen A. Lipstein, Janalee Taylor, Pamela J. Schoettker, Katherine Naylor, Karla Jones, Sheetal S. Vora, Catherine C. Mims, Elizabeth Roth-Wojcicki, Beth Gottlieb, Nancy Griffin, Carole Lannon, Esi Morgan

Open Access Short Report

Transitional care for rheumatic conditions in Europe: current clinical practice and available resources

Daniel Clemente, Leticia Leon, Helen Foster, Loreto Carmona, Kirsten Minden

Open Access Research article

Biologic therapies for refractory juvenile dermatomyositis: five years of experience of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance in North America

CH Spencer, K Rouster-Stevens, H Gewanter, G Syverson, R Modica, K Schmidt, H Emery, C Wallace, S Grevich, K Nanda, YD Zhao, S Shenoi, S Tarvin, S Hong, C Lindsley, JE Weiss, M Passo, K Ede, A Brown, K Ardalan, W Bernal, ML Stoll, B Lang, R Carrasco, C Agaiar, L Feller, H Bukulmez, R Vehe, H Kim, H Schmeling, D Gerstbacher, M Hoeltzel, B Eberhard, R Sundel, S Kim, AM Huber, A Patwardhan, Leslie Abramson, Dania Basodan, Johanna Chang, Megan Curran, Kyla Driest, Polly Ferguson, Daniel Horton, Kristin Houghton, Maria Ibarra, Esra Meidan, Marc Natter, Miriam Parsa, Reshma Patel, Sarah Ringold, Tova Ronis, Ken Schikler, Bacha Shaham, Elizabeth Stringer, Hemalatha Srinivasahu, Cagri Toruner, Mary Toth, Dawn Wahezi

Open Access Research article

Predictors of the response to etanercept in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis without systemic manifestations within 12 months: results of an open-label, prospective study conducted at the National Scientific and Practical Center of Children's Health, Russia

Ekaterina I. Alexeeva, Leyla S. Namazova-Baranova, Tatyana M. Bzarova, Saniya I. Valieva, Rina V. Denisova, Tatyana V. Sleptsova, Kseniya B. Isaeva, Alexandra M. Chomahidze, Nikolay I. Taibulatov, Anna N. Fetisova, Anna V. Karaseva, Alexandr A. Baranov

Open Access Review

Methotrexate-induced nausea in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Sonja Falvey, Lauren Shipman, Norman Ilowite, Timothy Beukelman

Open Access Research article

What do young people with rheumatic disease believe to be important to research about their condition? A UK-wide study

Suzanne Parsons, Wendy Thomson, Katharine Cresswell, Bella Starling, Janet E McDonagh

Open Access Research article

Cardiac findings in children with juvenile Dermatomyositis at disease presentation

Serdar Cantez, Gil J. Gross, Ian MacLusky, Brian M. Feldman

Open Access Research article

Bone metabolism and inflammatory characteristics in 14 cases of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis

Yurika Ata, Yutaka Inaba, Hyonmin Choe, Naomi Kobayashi, Jiro Machida, Naoyuki Nakamura, Tomoyuki Saito

Open Access Case Report

Co-existence of Blau syndrome and NAID? Diagnostic challenges associated with presence of multiple pathogenic variants in NOD2 gene: a case report

Magdalena Dziedzic, Agata Marjańska, Katarzyna Bąbol-Pokora, Anna Urbańczyk, Elżbieta Grześk, Wojciech Młynarski, Sylwia Kołtan

Open Access Research article

Cross sectional, qualitative thematic analysis of patient perspectives of disease impact in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis

Ethan S. Sen, Michelle J. Morgan, Rachael MacLeod, Helen Strike, Ann Hinchcliffe, Andrew D. Dick, Brinda Muthusamy, Athimalaipet V. Ramanan

Open Access Research article

Changes in clinical and laboratory features of Kawasaki disease noted over time in Daejeon, Korea

Hong-Ryang Kil, Jae-Won Yu, Sung-Churl Lee, Jung-Woo Rhim, Kyung-Yil Lee

Open Access Research article

Clinical practice variation and need for pediatric-specific treatment guidelines among rheumatologists caring for children with ANCA-associated vasculitis: an international clinician survey

Clara Westwell-Roper, Joanna M. Lubieniecka, Kelly L. Brown, Kimberly A. Morishita, Cherry Mammen, Linda Wagner-Weiner, Eric Yen, Suzanne C. Li, Kathleen M. O’Neil, Sivia K. Lapidus, Paul Brogan, Rolando Cimaz, David A. Cabral

Open Access Research article

Immunogenicity and safety of influenza vaccination in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis on biological therapy using the microneutralization assay

M. S. Camacho-Lovillo, A. Bulnes-Ramos, W. Goycochea-Valdivia, L. Fernández-Silveira, E. Núñez-Cuadros, O. Neth, P. Pérez-Romero

Open Access Research article

Joint cartilage thickness and automated determination of bone age and bone health in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Marinka Twilt, Dan Pradsgaard, Anne Helene Spannow, Arne Horlyck, Carsten Heuck, Troels Herlin

Open Access Research article

Incidence and predictors of Uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a Nordic long-term cohort study

Ellen Nordal, Veronika Rypdal, Terje Christoffersen, Kristiina Aalto, Lillemor Berntson, Anders Fasth, Troels Herlin, Susan Nielsen, Suvi Peltoniemi, Bjørn Straume, Marek Zak, Marite Rygg

Open Access Case Report

Autoimmune phenotype with type I interferon signature in two brothers with ADA2 deficiency carrying a novel CECR1 mutation

Andrea Skrabl-Baumgartner, Barbara Plecko, Wolfgang M. Schmidt, Nadja König, Michael Hershfield, Ursula Gruber-Sedlmayr, Min Ae Lee-Kirsch

Open Access Research article

Growth and weight gain in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from the ReACCh-Out cohort

Jaime Guzman, Tristan Kerr, Leanne M. Ward, Jinhui Ma, Kiem Oen, Alan M. Rosenberg, Brian M. Feldman, Gilles Boire, Kristin Houghton, Paul Dancey, Rosie Scuccimarri, Alessandra Bruns, Adam M. Huber, Karen Watanabe Duffy, Natalie J. Shiff, Roberta A. Berard, Deborah M. Levy, Elizabeth Stringer, Kimberly Morishita, Nicole Johnson, David A. Cabral, Maggie Larché, Ross E. Petty, Ronald M. Laxer, Earl Silverman, Paivi Miettunen, Anne-Laure Chetaille, Elie Haddad, Lynn Spiegel, Stuart E. Turvey, Heinrike Schmeling, Bianca Lang, Janet Ellsworth, Suzanne E. Ramsey, Johannes Roth, Sarah Campillo, Susanne Benseler, Gaëlle Chédeville, Rayfel Schneider, Shirley M. L. Tse, Roxana Bolaria, Katherine Gross, Debbie Feldman, Bonnie Cameron, Roman Jurencak, Jean Dorval, Claire LeBlanc, Claire St. Cyr, Michele Gibbon, Rae S. M. Yeung, Ciarán M. Duffy, Lori B. Tucker

Open Access Research article

Comics as an educational tool for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Amir Mendelson, Noa Rabinowicz, Yonit Reis, Gil Amarilyo, Liora Harel, Philip J Hashkes, Yosef Uziel

Open Access Research article

Assessment of transition readiness in adolescents and young adults with chronic health conditions

Paul T. Jensen, Gabrielle V. Paul, Stephanie LaCount, Juan Peng, Charles H. Spencer, Gloria C. Higgins, Brendan Boyle, Manmohan Kamboj, Christopher Smallwood, Stacy P. Ardoin

Open Access Research article

Next Generation Sequencing identifies mutations in GNPTG gene as a cause of familial form of scleroderma-like disease

Abdelali Zrhidri, Saadia Amasdl, Jaber Lyahyai, Hanane Elouardi, Bouchra Chkirate, Laure Raymond, Grégory Egéa, Mohamed Taoudi, Said El Mouatassim, Abdelaziz Sefiani

Open Access Research article

Readout-segmented multi-shot diffusion-weighted MRI of the knee joint in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Alexander Sauer, Mengxia Li, Annette Holl-Wieden, Thomas Pabst, Henning Neubauer

Open Access Research article

Effects of age and gender on reference levels of biomarkers comprising the pediatric Renal Activity Index for Lupus Nephritis (p-RAIL)

Michael R. Bennett, Qing Ma, Jun Ying, Prasad Devarajan, Hermine Brunner

Open Access Research article

Short term effectiveness and experiences of a peer guided web-based self-management intervention for young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Judy Ammerlaan, Harmieke van Os-Medendorp, Nienke de Boer-Nijhof, Lieske Scholtus, Aike A. Kruize, Philomine van Pelt, Berent Prakken, Hans Bijlsma

Open Access Case Report

H syndrome: 5 new cases from the United States with novel features and responses to therapy

Jessica L. Bloom, Clara Lin, Lisa Imundo, Stephen Guthery, Shelly Stepenaskie, Csaba Galambos, Amy Lowichik, John F. Bohnsack

Open Access Case Report

Effective induction therapy for anti-SRP associated myositis in childhood: A small case series and review of the literature

E. L. Binns, E. Moraitis, S. Maillard, S. Tansley, N. McHugh, T. S. Jacques, L. R. Wedderburn, C. Pilkington, S. A. Yasin, K. Nistala, Kate Armon, Joe Ellis-Gage, Holly Roper, Vanja Briggs, Joanna Watts, Liza McCann, Ian Roberts, Eileen Baildam, Louise Hanna, Olivia Lloyd, Susan Wadeson, Phil Riley, Ann McGovern, Clive Ryder, Janis Scott, Beverley Thomas, Eslam Al-Abadi, Sue Wyatt, Gillian Jackson, Tania Amin, Mark Wood, Vanessa Van Rooyen, Deborah Burton, Joyce Davidson, Janet Gardner-Medwin, Neil Martin, Sue Ferguson, Liz Waxman, Michael Browne, Mark Friswell, Helen Foster, Alison Swift, Sharmila Jandial, Vicky Stevenson, Debbie Wade, Ethan Sen, Eve Smith, Lisa Qiao, Stuart Watson, Claire Duong, Helen Venning, Rangaraj Satyapal, Elizabeth Stretton, Mary Jordan, Ellen Mosley, Anna Frost, Lindsay Crate, Kishore Warrier, Stefanie Stafford, Lucy Wedderburn, Clarissa Pilkington, Nathan Hasson, Sue Maillard, Elizabeth Halkon, Virginia Brown, Audrey Juggins, Sally Smith, Sian Lunt, Elli Enayat, Hemlata Varsani, Laura Kassoumeri, Laura Beard, Katie Arnold, Yvonne Glackin, Stephanie Simou, Beverley Almeida, Kiran Nistala, Raquel Marques, Claire Deakin, Stefanie Dowle, Charis Papadopoulou, Cerise Johnson-Moore, Emily Robinson, Kevin Murray, John Ioannou, Linda Suffield, Muthana Al-Obaidi, Helen Lee, Sam Leach, Helen Smith, Anne-Marie McMahon, Heather Chisem, Ruth Kingshott, Nick Wilkinson, Emma Inness, Eunice Kendall, David Mayers, Ruth Etherton, Danielle Miller, Kathryn Bailey, Jacqui Clinch, Natalie Fineman, Helen Pluess-Hall, Lindsay Vallance, Louise Akeroyd, Alice Leahy, Amy Collier, Rebecca Cutts, Emma Macleod, Hans De Graaf, Brian Davidson, Sarah Hartfree, Danny Pratt

Open Access Review

Protocols on classification, monitoring and therapy in children’s rheumatology (PRO-KIND): results of the working group Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Gerd Horneff, Ariane Klein, Gerd Ganser, Michaela Sailer-Höck, Annette Günther, Ivan Foeldvari, Frank Weller-Heinemann

Open Access Research article

Risk of tuberculosis among Alabama children and adolescents treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors: a retrospective study

Matthew L. Stoll, James Aaron Grubbs, Timothy Beukelman, Melissa L. Mannion, Traci W. Jester, Randy Q. Cron, Marilyn J. Crain

Open Access Research article

Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in clinical remission with positive power Doppler signal in joint ultrasonography have an increased rate of clinical flare: a prospective study

Vanessa Bugni Miotto e Silva, Sônia de Aguiar Vilela Mitraud, Rita Nely Vilar Furtado, Jamil Natour, Claudio Arnaldo Len, Maria Teresa de Sande e Lemos Ramos Ascensão Terreri

Open Access Research article

Functional resonance magnetic imaging (fMRI) in adolescents with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain: a paradigm of experimental pain

Juliana Molina, Edson Amaro Jr, Liana Guerra Sanches da Rocha, Liliana Jorge, Flavia Heloisa Santos, Claudio A. Len

Open Access Research article

Anatomy of the sacroiliac joints in children and adolescents by computed tomography

Anna Zejden, Anne Grethe Jurik

Open Access Correction

Correction to: P92 chronic arthritis as the only manifestation of FMF in Armenian children

Gayane Khloyan, Gayane Amaryan, Rotraud Saurenmann

Open Access Research article

A national cohort study on pediatric Behçet’s disease: cross-sectional data from an Italian registry

Romina Gallizzi, Caterina Pidone, Luca Cantarini, Martina Finetti, Marco Cattalini, Giovanni Filocamo, Antonella Insalaco, Donato Rigante, Rita Consolini, Maria Cristina Maggio, Adele Civino, Silvana Martino, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Giovanna Fabio, Serena Pastore, Angela Mauro, Diana Sutera, Giuseppe Trimarchi, Nicolino Ruperto, Marco Gattorno, Rolando Cimaz

Open Access Review

Mental health care for youth with rheumatologic diseases – bridging the gap

Alaina M. Davis, Tamar B. Rubinstein, Martha Rodriguez, Andrea M. Knight

Open Access Research article

Pharmacokinetic and safety profile of tofacitinib in children with polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results of a phase 1, open-label, multicenter study

Nicolino Ruperto, Hermine I. Brunner, Zbigniew Zuber, Nikolay Tzaribachev, Daniel J. Kingsbury, Ivan Foeldvari, Gerd Horneff, Elzbieta Smolewska, Richard K. Vehe, Anasuya Hazra, Rong Wang, Charles A. Mebus, Christine Alvey, Manisha Lamba, Sriram Krishnaswami, Thomas C. Stock, Min Wang, Ricardo Suehiro, Alberto Martini, Daniel J. Lovell

Open Access Review

Dealing with Chronic Non-Bacterial Osteomyelitis: a practical approach

Andrea Taddio, Giovanna Ferrara, Antonella Insalaco, Manuela Pardeo, Massimo Gregori, Martina Finetti, Serena Pastore, Alberto Tommasini, Alessandro Ventura, Marco Gattorno

Open Access Letter to the Editor

“Next generation sequencing identifies mutations in GNPTG gene as a cause of familial form of scleroderma-like disease”

Afolake T. Arowolo, Henry A. Adeola, Nonhlanhla P. Khumalo