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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Genetic Variants in Childhood-onset...
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening hyper-inflammatory syndrome characterized by excessive activation and proliferation of T-lymphocytes and macrophages....
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Prevalence of Paradoxical Psoriasis After Exposure to Tumor Necrosis Factor...
Background/Purpose: Paradoxical psoriasis after exposure to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) has been increasingly reported in the adult population. Systematic studies in pediatric population...
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Characteristics of the New Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research...
Background/Purpose: The New CARRA Registry of Juvenile Myositis (JM) was developed in 2017 to collect 10-year longitudinal data to increase knowledge of the course of JM and facilitate clinical and...
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Patients Perspectives on Living with a Systemic Autoinflammatory Disease:...
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoinflammatory diseases (SAIDs) encompass multiple clinical entities in which spontaneous inflammation occurs due to dysregulation of the innate immune response. The...
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Sun Protection Use in Patients Followed in a Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic in...
Background/Purpose: Exposure to sunlight has been implicated as a major contributing factor in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Despite this...
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Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Refractory Childhood...
Background/Purpose: Patients with refractory rheumatic diseases face poor quality of life, long-term sequelae and life-threatening complications. With advances in allogenic hematopoietic stem cell...
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Non-criteria Antiphospholipid Antibodies Associated with Pediatric Rheumatic...
Background/Purpose: Non-criteria antiphospholipid antibodies (NC-aPL) bind molecules such as phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylserine (PS), and prothrombin (Pt), but not the targets of routine...
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Patient-Proxy Agreement on Mental Health and Neuropsychological Symptoms...
Background/Purpose: Adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome (JFMS) present with a myriad of mental health and neuropsychological symptoms, including dyscognition (“brain fog”); however,...
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Abatacept Treatment Reduces Cutaneous and Joint Activity in Juvenile...
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is an autoimmune disease commonly associated with damage. Damage includes dyspigmentation, tissue atrophy, arthropathy, hemiatrophy, vision...
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Hypogammaglobulinemia and Infectious...
Background/Purpose: B-cell depletion therapy has increasingly been used for the treatment of childhood-onset rheumatic diseases. Previous studies investigating whether rituximab results in increased...
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The Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor KIR3DL1 in Combination with HLA-Bw4...
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is characterized by abrupt onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or food restriction with other specified...
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Evaluation of Self-report Screening Measures in the Detection of Depressive...
Background/Purpose: Screening for co-morbid psychiatric disorder is of high clinical importance in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). However, there are no validated screening...
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Long-Term Outcomes in Children Born to Anti-Ro and/or anti-La Positive Mothers
Background/Purpose: Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus (NLE) is an acquired autoimmune disorder associated with the transplacental passage of maternal anti-Ro and/or anti-La antibodies. NLE manifestations...
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Implications of Positive Tests for ANCA in a Pediatric Population
Background/Purpose: Testing for ANCA, particularly performed by ELISA (anti-MPO/PR3) is highly sensitive and specific for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). However ANCA testing may be used in clinical...
View ArticleAdvanced Multidisciplinary Care: A New Approach to Childhood Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Many patients are overwhelmed with the diagnosis of chronic childhood arthritis and require long-term treatments. Our objective was to develop a new, child and family centered,...
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The Importance of the Patient Global Health Assessment of Disease Activity in...
Background/Purpose: Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) is a subtype of JIA wherein more than four joints are affected with arthritis; it is characterized by unpredictable flares and...
View ArticleClinical and Laboratory Characteristics in Juvenile-onset Systemic Lupus...
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune/inflammatory condition. Up to 20% of patients develop symptoms before their 18th birthday and are diagnosed with...
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Change in Treatments and Outcomes After Implementation of a National...
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is currently the most common childhood chronic rheumatic disease with high burden and socioeconomic costs for the patient’s family and the health...
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Association of Plasma Metabolomic Profiles with Methotrexate Response in...
Background/Purpose: Despite efforts to identify biomarkers to guide therapy in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), drug therapy remains a trial-and-error process. In the case of...
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Increasing Rates of Standardized Depression Screening in Youth with Systemic...
Background/Purpose: Depression is common among youth with SLE. Early identification and treatment of depression has the potential to improve health outcomes for youth with SLE. Pediatric...
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