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Chondrocytes Influence Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes from Patients with...
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) progression leads to growth disturbances in affected joints. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a key role in JIA pathogenesis; however, the...
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Cyclophosphamide Use in Treatment of Refractory Kawasaki Disease: A Single...
Background/Purpose: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) effectively treats vasculitis of the coronary arteries in the large majority of Kawasaki Disease (KD) patients. However, approximately 25% of...
View ArticleFeasibility and Pilot Study of Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Myositis
Background/Purpose: Juvenile myositis (JM) negatively affects health-related quality of life due to chronic weakness, skin/muscle damage, multiorgan dysfunction, and side effects of immunosuppression....
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Incidence, Contributing Factors, and Impact of Diagnostic Delay in Juvenile...
Background/Purpose: While early treatment of patients with newly diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an area of active study, delayed diagnosis of JIA is poorly characterized, with no...
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Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the CARRA Registry
Background/Purpose: The treatment of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) has changed dramatically over the past decade, associated with overall improvement in functional outcomes. There may...
View ArticleTubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis (TINU): A Pediatric Case Series with...
Background/Purpose: Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome is an uncommon condition that is likely under-recognized. The ideal treatment of both renal and ophthalmologic disease...
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Perspectives of Radiologist Physicians in the Imaging of Chronic Nonbacterial...
Background/Purpose: Radiological imaging is integral to the diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) and has been included as a central component in suggested diagnostic criteria [1,2]....
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No-Shows: a Search for Modifiable Risk Factors
Background/Purpose: Missed ambulatory visits, or “no-shows,” limit patient access, increase costs, occupy provider time, and lead to worse patient outcomes. Only a few studies have been done in...
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Comparison of Efficacy Between Triamcinolone Acetonide and Hexacetonide...
Background/Purpose: The use of intra-articular corticosteroid (IAC) injections for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) was extrapolated from its use in adult inflammatory joint diseases to achieve...
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A Preliminary Data-driven Anatomic Classification for Childhood Takayasu...
Background/Purpose: The pattern of arterial involvement and disease severity varies in those affected with cTA. Distinct imaging patterns that have some congruence with clinical phenotype may guide...
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Familial Clustering of Immune-mediated Diseases in Children with Abrupt-onset...
Background/Purpose: Recent epidemiologic studies have reported increased rates of immune-mediated comorbidities among first-degree relatives of patients with OCD and tic disorders.(Mataix-Cols et al.,...
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Practice Patterns for Consulting Pediatric Rheumatology in a Large Pediatric...
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Rheumatology (PR) is a young and still evolving subspecialty. In addition to traditional rheumatic diseases, there has been an increased prevalence of emerging...
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Carbohydrate and Sugar Intake Predict Pain in Teens with Active JIA Disease...
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to define the relationships between pain and carbohydrate metabolism in teens with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), teens with JIA in...
View ArticleReversible Hepatotoxicity to IL-1/IL-6 Blockade in Pediatric Patients with...
Background/Purpose: Treatment for systemic JIA (sJIA) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) may involve blockade of IL-1 and IL-6. There are reports of adults with rheumatoid arthritis...
View ArticleWorsening Disease Activity and Inability to Taper Corticosteroids in an...
Background/Purpose: Transition of pediatric lupus (pSLE) patients from pediatric to adult rheumatology care is historically difficult and challenging. We aim to investigate disease activity and...
View ArticleResponse to Treatment with Intra-articular Triamcinolone Hexacetonide and...
Background/Purpose: Oligo-articular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (Oligo JIA) is the most common subtype of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Intra-articular corticosteroid (IAC) injection is a mainstay...
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Pediatric Providers’ Perspectives on Suspected Immune-Mediated Diffuse...
Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (iDAH) is a life-threatening complication of pediatric rheumatologic diseases such as vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and...
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The Childhood and Rheumatology Research Alliance Systemic Lupus Erythematosus...
Background/Purpose: Optimal therapy in childhood onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) lack sufficient data to support clinical decision making. To address this knowledge gap, the Childhood...
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Characterization of DOCK8 as a Novel Gene Associated with Cytokine Storm...
Background/Purpose: Cytokine storm syndromes (CSS), such as macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), are life threatening conditions that commonly...
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Implementing Treat to Target Approach in the Care of Juvenile Idiopathic...
Background/Purpose: In 2018, an international task force published a recommended Treat to Target (T2T) approach to JIA treatment. This treatment paradigm involves setting a treatment target of disease...
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