Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) Is Characterized by a...
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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Ongoing Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) 18 Years...
Background/Purpose: Previously, we showed that ILAR JIA categories defined at disease onset change considerably during the first 8 years of disease course. Whether achieved remission and defined ILAR...
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Juvenile Spondyloarthritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology...
Background/Purpose: To describe characteristics of children with enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research...
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Defining the Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents...
Background/Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of depressive and/or anxiety symptoms in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and explore the association with demographic and...
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Protracted Febrile Myalgia Findings on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background/Purpose: Protracted febrile myalgia syndrome (PFMS) is a rare complication of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) which consist of prolonged attack of fever, excruciating myalgia (up to 6...
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Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that typically affects multiple organs and can lead to potentially fatal complications. Management of...
View ArticleChallenges Faced by Families of Children with an Auto-inflammatory Disease
Background/Purpose: Auto-inflammatory diseases (AIDs) are rare disorders that usually present in young children. Disease episodes, characterized by recurrent inflammation, are often frequent and...
View ArticleResolution of Coronary Artery Changes in Patients with Refractory Kawasaki...
Background/Purpose: Treatment for patients with Kawasaki Disease (KD) refractory to standard therapy is controversial. Most experts recommend a second dose of IVIG [1], and for IVIG-resistant cases,...
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Clinical Features and Outcomes in Chronic Atypical Neutrophilic Dermatosis...
Background/Purpose: Chronic Atypical Neutrophilic Dermatosis With Lipodystrophy And Elevated Temperature (CANDLE) Syndrome is an autoinflammatory interferonopathy caused by mutations in the genes...
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Chronic Non-bacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO): Correlation Between Clinical and...
Background/Purpose: Due to the lack of widely accepted diagnostic criteria or disease biomarkers, chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) remains a diagnosis of exclusion. Whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) has...
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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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