A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the iCanCope Pain Self-management...
Background/Purpose: Pain is the most common symptom of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), a chronic childhood illness that has potentially debilitating effects on health-related quality of life...
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Risk Score of Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Patients with Systemic...
Background/Purpose: Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) is a severe, life-threatening, complication of rheumatic diseases in childhood, particularly of systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA),...
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Prosthetic Temporomandibular Joint Replacement in a Cohort of Adolescent...
Background/Purpose: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis is present in 40-96% of children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) (1). TMJ arthritis can be difficult to identify, treat, and can...
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Levels of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis...
Background/Purpose: Children with chronic diseases have higher rates of mental health issues and less favorable outcomes than the general pediatric population. Children with JIA experience pain and...
View ArticleLow C4 Copy Number of Total C4 Gene, C4B Gene and C4BL Gene in Children with...
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is characterized by sudden-onset OCD and additional neuropsychiatric symptoms. Imaging studies point to inflammation in the...
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Pediatric Rheumatology Consultation for Both Traditional and Emerging...
Background/Purpose: In addition to traditional rheumatic diseases (TRDs), Pediatric Rheumatologists are often consulted on emerging rheumatic diseases (ERDs) such as autoimmune encephalitis,...
View ArticleFamily Impact of Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is a rare autoimmune disease that can lead to significant morbidity. Previous studies have focused on predictors of patient health-related...
View ArticleUveitis Treatment in the CARRA II Registry: Tumor Necrosis Factor-inhibitors...
Background/Purpose: Uveitis associated with JIA (JIA-U) is the most common extra-articular complication of JIA. As JIA-U is associated with significant risk of visual loss and impairment, achieving...
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Vitamin C Deficiency: An Under-Recognized Cause for Pediatric Limb Pain
Background/Purpose: Vitamin C is essential in bone formation: it acts as a cofactor in forming and stabilizing the collagen triple helix. Exogenous intake of vitamin C is vital as humans cannot...
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Rheumatic Fever in a Tertiary Medical Center – 25 Years of Follow Up
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic Fever (RF) occurs after a pharyngeal infection caused by group A-B-hemolytic streptococci.Its principal clinical significance is causing carditis at the acute phase of the...
View ArticleAcceptability and Usability Testing of a Preliminary Version of the JIA...
Background/Purpose: Although juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common causes of chronic musculoskeletal pain among youth, families’ decision-making for pain management is not...
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Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Immunosuppressed Rheumatology...
Background/Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends pneumococcal vaccination of high-risk patients, including patients on iatrogenic immunosuppression. Many patients seen in...
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Myositis Autoantibodies in a Racially Diverse Population of Children with...
Background/Purpose: The presence of myositis specific autoantibodies (MSA) and myositis associated antibodies (MAA) has been associated with specific clinical phenotypes, various organ involvement and...
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Single Cell Sequencing of the Skin to Define Cell Populations of Interest in...
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma is an autoimmune disorder involving inflammatory driven fibrosis, which encompasses systemic sclerosis (SSc) and localized scleroderma (LS). LS and SSc share...
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Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies (ACPA) and Bony Erosions in...
Background/Purpose: Despite being a well-established biomarker for classification of aggressive bony disease in adults with RA, ACPA have not yet been described in the ILAR criteria for polyarticular...
View ArticleReproductive Health Concerns in Young Adults with Pediatric Onset Rheumatic...
Background/Purpose: While patients and families of those with pediatric onset rheumatic diseases have keen interest and unaddressed worry about the impact of their rheumatic disease on their current...
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Evaluation of B-cell Depletion with Rituximab and IVIG Concurrent Treatment...
Background/Purpose: Rituximab is standard therapy in treating autoimmune brain disease (ABD) including refractory autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease (NMOSD)....
View ArticleA Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the iCanCope Pain Self-management...
Background/Purpose: Pain is the most common symptom of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), a chronic childhood illness that has potentially debilitating effects on health-related quality of life...
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Risk Score of Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Patients with Systemic...
Background/Purpose: Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) is a severe, life-threatening, complication of rheumatic diseases in childhood, particularly of systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA),...
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Prosthetic Temporomandibular Joint Replacement in a Cohort of Adolescent...
Background/Purpose: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis is present in 40-96% of children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) (1). TMJ arthritis can be difficult to identify, treat, and can...
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