Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2012
2011 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium: Abstracts
Inhalt (124 Artikel)
Follistatin like protein (FSTL-1) levels are elevated in acute Kawasaki Disease and may differentiate between patients with and without aneurysm formation
Mark Gorelik, David Wilson, Stanford Shulman, Raphael Hirsch
PD-L1 expression on monocytes marks active systemic lupus erythematosus in patients without nephritis
Anne M Stevens, Jing-Ni Ou
Evaluation of autoantibody profiles in a cohort of new-onset pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients using autoantigen microarray technology
Imelda M Balboni, Cindy Limb, Christy I Sandborg, Paul J Utz
Chimeric maternal cells as T lymphocyte targets in pediatric SLE
Anne M Stevens, Matthew Crabtree, Gretchen Henstorf, J Lee Nelson
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is associated with potentially pathogenic glycosylation of IgG
Altan Ercan, Melissa Hazen, Mary Beth Son, Susan Kim, Fatma Dedeoglu, Robert P Sundel, Robert C Fuhlbrigge, Jing Cui, Nancy A Shadick, Michael E Weinblatt, Michael Spigarelli, David N Glass, Susan D Thompson, Peter A Nigrovic
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis is associated with HLA-DRB1 in Europeans and Americans of European descent
Michael Ombrello, Elaine F Remmers, Alexei A Grom, Wendy Thomson, Alberto Martini, Marco Gattorno, Seza Ozen, Ahmet Gul, John F Bohnsack, Andrew S Zeft, Elizabeth D Mellins, Jane L Park, Claudio Len, Colleen Satorius, Ricardo AG Russo, Terri H Finkel, Rae SM Yeung, Rayfel Schneider, Sampath Prahalad, David N Glass, Roger C Allen, Nico Wulffraat, Pierre Quartier, Maria Odete E Hilario, Kevin Murray, Sheila Oliveira, Jordi Anton, Anne Hinks, Eleftheria Zeggini, Carl Langefeld, Susan Thompson, Jeffrey Chaitow, Justine Ellis, Davinder Singh, Andre Cavalvanti, Blanca Bica, Flavio Sztajnbok, Hakon Hakonarson, Katherine A Siminovitch, Kirsten Minden, Peter Haas, Tobias Schwarz, Daniel L Kastner, Patricia Woo
Rheumatology education in US pediatric residency programs: results of a comprehensive program director survey
Megan L Curran, Yasmin Husain
What do medical students need to know about pediatric musculoskeletal (pMSK) medicine? Defining the learning outcomes
Sharmila Jandial, Jane Stewart, Lesley Kay, Helen E Foster
Teaching the musculoskeletal examination in pediatrics: a scoping review
Clare Hutchinson, Marie-Paule Morin, Rayfel Schneider, Scott Reeves
Optimizing pediatric rheumatology training of adult rheumatology fellows
Eliezer Mendelev, Robert P Sundel
Corticosteroid related changes in body mass index in children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases
Natalie Shiff, Rollin Brant, David A Cabral, Jaime Guzman, Peter B Dent, Janet E Ellsworth, Kristin M Houghton, Adam Huber, Roman Jurencak, Bianca A Lang, Maggie Larche, Claire MA LeBlanc, Paivi M Miettunen, Kiem G Oen, Johannes Roth, Claire Saint-Cyr, Rosie Scuccimarri, Leanne M Ward
Clinical characteristics of children with juvenile dermatomyositis recruited within the first 7 months of the CARRAnet registry
Mark F Hoeltzel, Mara L Becker, Angela B Robinson, Brian M Feldman, Adam Huber, Ann M Reed
Change in disease activity after vitamin D supplementation in children with systemic lupus erythematosus and juvenile dermatomyositis
Angela B Robinson, Eveline Y Wu, Egla C Rabinovich
Organ-specific autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus and juvenile dermatomyositis patients
Nadia E Aikawa, Adriana A Jesus, Bernadete L Liphaus, Bernadete L Liphaus, Clovis A Silva, Magda C Sampaio, Adriana M Sallum
Implementation of an electronic interface for the documentation of pediatric rheumatology medical records improves physician and patient utilization of time in clinic
Jennifer MP Woo, Miriam F Parsa, Gil Amarilyo, Nasim Afsar-manesh, Kerry Gallagher, Ornella J Rullo, Deborah K McCurdy
Informatics methodology for the rapid, validated development of clinical research forms in CARRAnet: incorporating user-centered design into the Delphi technique
CJ Inman, Marc Natter, Robert W Warren
Med-peds rheumatology in practice: assessment after twenty years
Barbara E Ostrov, Lisabeth V Scalzi
The 1000 Canadian faces of systemic lupus erythematosus: effect of ethnicity on baseline pediatric data
Deborah M Levy, Earl D Silverman, Lori B Tucker, Gaelle Chédeville, Adam Huber, Janet E Pope, Christine A Peschken
Quality of life in adolescents with recently diagnosed childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Sarah Tuck, Tricia Williams, Earl D Silverman, Deborah M Levy
Major infections in children with systemic lupus erythematosus
Ana Patricia Costa Reis, Simona Nativ, Josephine Isgro, Lisa F Imundo, Lisa Saiman, Andrew H Eichenfield
Ethnic differences in pediatric SLE early disease severity: a comparison between Hispanic-Americans and European-Americans
Peony Liu, Jennifer MP Woo, Miriam F Parsa, Gil Amarilyo, Deborah K McCurdy, Ornella J Rullo
Organ system-involvement in SLE and relationship with demographic factors, disease duration and health-related quality of life in childhood SLE
Lakshmi N Moorthy, Maria J Baratelli, Margaret GE Peterson, Afton L Hassett, Alexa B Adams, Laura V Barinstein, Emma J MacDermott, Elizabeth C Chalom, Karen Onel, Linda I Ray, Jorge Lopez-Benitez, Christina Pelajo, Kathleen A Haines, Daniel J Kingsbury, Victoria W Cartwright, Philip J Hashkes, Nora G Singer, Gina A Montealegres, Ingrid Tomanova-Soltys, Andreas O Reiff, Sandy D Hong, Thomas JA Lehman
Improving transition readiness and quality of life (QOL) with a pediatric lupus health passport
Emily Von Scheven, Lori B Tucker, Lakshmi N Moorthy, Erica F Lawson, Carolyn Neville, Deborah DaCosta, Paul R Fortin
Measurement of autoantibodies in pediatric- and adolescent-onset systemic lupus erythematosus and their significant relationship with disease-associated manifestations
Brooke E Gilliam, Amanda K Ombrello, Rufus Burlingame, Peri H Pepmueller, Reema H Syed, Terry L Moore
Descriptive analysis of herpes zoster in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Josephine Isgro, Deborah M Levy, Philip LaRussa, Lisa F Imundo, Andrew H Eichenfield
Small practice effects on neurocognitive testing – markers of early cognitive impairment among adolescents with SLE?
Eyal Muscal, Debra L Canter, Douglas R Bloom, Barry L Myones, Stephen L Holliday, Robin L Brey
Bone mineral density in patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
Ana Paula Roenick Guenka, Blanca Elena Rios Gomes Bica, Laura Maria Carvalho de Mendonça, Maria Lucia Fleiuss de Farias, Lucas Pinheiro Aversa de Escobar Velloso, Mario Newton Leitão de Azevedo
Use of immunosuppressive medications and prevalence of disability among patients with pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: initial analysis of the CARRAnet registry
Aimee Hersh, Mary Beth F Son, Hermine Brunner, Barbara Anne Eberhard, Emily Von Scheven
The role of antimalarials in lupus nephritis: a review
Senq-J Lee, Earl D Silverman, Joanne M Bargman
Dietary intake of vitamin D during adolescence and risk of adult onset systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis
Linda T Hiraki, Karen H Costenbader, Kassandra L Munger, Elizabeth W Karlson
Developing consensus treatment plans for proliferative lupus nephritis in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous
Rina Mina, Hermine Brunner, Barbara Anne Eberhard, Marilynn G Punaro, Stacy P Ardoin, Marisa S Klein-Gitelman, Linda Wagner-Weiner, Lakshmi N Moorthy, Joyce J Hsu, Eyal Muscal, Suhas M Radhakrishna, Laura E Schanberg, Carol A Wallace, Norman T Ilowite, Emily Von Scheven
Emotion regulation predicts pain and functioning in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Mark Connelly, Kelly K Anthony, Maggie H Bromberg, Lindsey Franks, Karen M Gil, Laura E Schanberg
Neuroblastoma versus systemic JIA – a diagnostic dilemma
Lisabeth Scalzi, Greg Hychko, Barbara E Ostrov, Catherine A Bingham, David Ungar, Brandt P Groh
Osteoid osteoma of the scaphoid bone mimicking juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Gaëlle Chédeville
Joint cartilage thickness measured by ultrasound in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
D Pradsgaard, AH Spannow, CW Heuck, A Hørlyck, T Herlin
MRI findings from the trial of early aggressive therapy (TREAT) study
Mahesh Thapa, Steven J Spalding, Philip J Hashkes, Sarah Ringold, Andrew S Zeft, Robert P Sundel, Randolph K Otto, Edward H Giannini, Daniel J Lovell, Carol A Wallace
Use of MRI prior to corticosteroid injections of wrist joints in children with JIA
Alaina M Davis, JH Kan, T Brent Graham
Lyme arthritis outcomes in children: a single center cohort study
Brandt P Groh, Nicholas J Ahn
Fungal septic arthritis in an immunocompetent girl
Kishore C Warrier, Mark Friswell
Predictors of 2 year outcomes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a multicenter Canadian cohort: the ReACCh out experience
Natalie J Shiff, Kiem G Oen, Jaime Guzman, Nicole A Johnson, Adam Huber, Shirley Tse, Lori B Tucker, Rae SM Yeung, Ciaran M Duffy
Ongoing disease-activity and change in ILAR categories in a Nordic juvenile idiopathic arthritis cohort
Ellen Nordal, Marek Zak, Lillemor Berntson, Kristiina Aalto, Suvi Peltoniemi, Susan Nielsen, Troels Herlin, Pekka Lahdenne, Bjørn Straume, Anders Fasth, Marite Rygg
Juvenile arthritis disease activity score (JADAS) based on C-reactive protein predicts DMARD treatment in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a Nordic multicenter cohort
Ellen Nordal, Marek Zak, Lillemor Berntson, Kristiina Aalto, Suvi Peltonieli, Susan Nielsen, Troels Herlin, Bjørn Straume, Anders Fasth, Marite Rygg
Concordance between child and parent-proxy report on a new self-report tool of vision related quality of life for children with JIA-associated uveitis – “Effects of Youngsters’ Eyesight on QOL -EYE-Q”
Sheila T Angeles-Han, Sampath Prahalad, Lori Ponder, Kerrie Fields, Rachel Robb, Marla Shainberg, Larry B Vogler, Phoebe Lenhart, Amy Hutchinson, Sunil K Srivastava, Scott R Lambert, Carolyn Drews-Botsch
Characterization of active joint count trajectories in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Roberta A Berard, George Tomlinson, Xiuying Li, Kiem G Oen, Alan M Rosenberg, Brian M Feldman, Rae SM Yeung, Claire Bombardier
Intra-rater reliability of the bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI) and the bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) in children with spondyloarthritis
Michelle Batthish, Alisa Rachlis, Bertha Wong, Samantha Stevens, Michelle Anderson, Brian M Feldman, Ronald M Laxer, Joanne Marcuz, Margaret Reaume, Lynn Spiegel, Kristi Whitney-Mahoney, Shirley ML Tse
Disease characteristics and medication use in a multicenter cohort of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA): preliminary analyses from the CARRAnet registry
Sarah Ringold, Timothy Beukelman, Esi M Morgan DeWitt, Marc Natter, Peter A Nigrovic, Yukiko Kimura
Durability of response to intra-articular corticosteroid injections with triamcinolone hexacetonide in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Jaya Srinivasan, Themba L Nyirenda, Kathleen A Haines, Yukiko Kimura, Suzanne C Li, Jennifer E Weiss
Understanding the biology and use of anti-TNF agents in JIA – interim results
Daniel J Lovell, Steven P Spalding, Karen Onel, Beth S Gottlieb, Hermine I Brunner, Yukiko Kimura, Paula W Morris, Judyann C Olson, Anne Johnson, Edward H Giannini
Tocilizumab for the treatment of systemic onset JIA: a single centre experience from India
Sujata Sawhney, Manjari Aggarwal
Development of consensus best treatment plans for new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Esi M Morgan DeWitt, Timothy Beukelman, Peter A Nigrovic, Karen Onel, Sampath Prahalad, Rayfel Schneider, Matthew Stoll, Carol A Wallace, Yukiko Kimura
Discontinuation of etanercept after clinical remission in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Jean-David Cohen, Dominique Fournet, Catherine Ludwig, Marie-Cécile Bozonnat, Michel Rodiere, Christian Jorgensen
Intracellular folate concentrations in Down syndrome patients with arthritis
Mara L Becker, Leon van Haandel, Nasreen Talib, Andrew Lasky, Mark F Hoeltzel, J Steven Leeder
German evidence- and consensus-based guidelines 2011 for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
Gregor Dueckers, Nihal Guellac, Martin Arbogast, Guenther Dannecker, Ivan Foeldvari, Michael Frosch, Gerd Ganser, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Gerd Horneff, Arnold Illhardt, Ruediger Krauspe, Matthias Schneider, Wolfram Singendonk, Helmut Sitter, Barbara Markus, Marianne Spamer, Norbert Wagner, Tim Niehues
Efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug monotherapy in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Meredith P Riebschleger, Jasmine Stannard, Matthew M Davis, Sarah J Clark, Barbara S Adams
Tocilizumab (TCZ) may be an effective treatment for poly-juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) as for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Ken-ichi Yamaguchi, Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Masato Okada
The effects of early aggressive therapy in JIA: results of the TREAT study
Carol A Wallace, Edward H Giannini, Steven J Spalding, Philip J Hashkes, Kathleen M O’Neil, Andrew S Zeft, Ilona S Szer, Sarah M Ringold, Hermine Brunner, Laura E Schanberg, Robert P Sundel, Diana Milojevic, Marilynn G Punaro, Peter Chira, Beth S Gottlieb, Gloria C Higgins, Norman T Ilowite, Yukiko Kimura, Bin Huang, Daniel J Lovell
The childhood arthritis & rheumatology research alliance network registry: demographics and characteristics of the initial 6-month cohort
Marc D Natter, Jane R Winsor, Kathleen A Fox, Norman T Ilowite, Kenneth D Mandl, Kelly L Mieszkalski, Christy I Sandborg, John S Sundy, Carol A Wallace, Laura E Schanberg
Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA): TENDER 52-week data
Fabrizio De Benedetti, Hermine Brunner, Nicola Ruperto, R Cuttica, Clara Malattia, Rayfel Schneider, Patricia Woo, Despina Eleftheriou, Eileen Baildam, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Pavla Dolezalova, Stella M Garay, Rik Joos, Nico Wulffraat, Zbyszek Zuber, Francesco Zulian, Carine Wouters, Ricardo M Xavier, Lawrence Zemel, Stephen Wright, Andy Kenwright, Alberto Martini, Daniel Lovell
No benefit of the combination therapy etanercept and methotrexate compared to etanercept mono therapy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis – a matched pair analysis
Heinrike Schmeling, Gerd Horneff
Two year remission rates and functional outcomes in an inception cohort of Canadian children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Shirley ML Tse, Lori B Tucker, Gaelle Chédeville, Janet E Ellsworth, Jaime Guzman, Kim Morishita, Rosie Scuccimarri, Natalie J Shiff, Ciaran M Duffy, Rae SM Yeung, Kiem G Oen
Prognostic value of histopathologic features with respect to disease course in children with juvenile dermatomyositis
Annette Y Lopez-Martinez, Lili Miles, Bin Huang, Kevin Bove, Daniel J Lovell
Body mass index at diagnosis affects disease course in juvenile dermatomyositis
Anjali Patwardhan, Charles H Spencer, Gloria C Higgins, Robert M Rennebohm
Juvenile dermatomyositis is a different disease in children up to three years of age at onset than in children above three years at onset
Anjali Patwardhan, Gloria C Higgins, Charles H Spencer, Robert M Rennebohm
Diagnostic evaluation and medication usage in a cohort of subjects with juvenile dermatomyositis from the CARRAnet registry
Angela B Robinson, Mark F Hoeltzel, Ann M Reed, Adam Huber, Brian M Feldman
Race is a risk factor for calcinosis in patients with JDM – early results from the CARRAnet registry study
Mark F Hoeltzel, Mara L Becker, Angela B Robinson, Brian M Feldman, Adam Huber, Ann M Reed
Case of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), and Purtscher retinopathy
Ofra Goldzweig, Kabita Nanda, Shanail Berry, Hulya Bukulmez
Retrospective audit of access to care for children and young people diagnosed with localised scleroderma or juvenile systemic sclerosis in the United Kingdom
Daniel P Hawley, Eileen M Baildam, Tania S Amin, Mary K Cruikshank, Joyce E Davidson, Jennifer Dixon, Neil S Martin, Victoria Ohlsson, Clarissa A Pilkington, Satyapal Rangaraj, Philip Riley, Chitra Sundaramoorthy, Jo Walsh, Helen E Foster
Developing juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) consensus treatment regimens for comparative effectiveness studies
Suzanne C Li, Robert C Fuhlbrigge, Fatma Dedeoglu, Polly J Ferguson, Gloria C Higgins, Sandy D Hong, Heidi Jacobe, Andrew Lasky, Ronald M Laxer, Mimi C Morris, Elena Pope, C Egla Rabinovich, Kathryn S Torok
Reliability of using an ultrasound scoring measure for juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS)
Suzanne C Li, Melissa S Liebling, Molly Dempsey-Robertson, Andrea S Doria, Stephanie Edgerton, Carsten Hamer, Jose Jarrin, Tanicka Kornyat, Michael Malone, Arun Mohanta, Sven Opitz, Faridali Ramji, Shuzhen Zhang, Knut Wittkowski
Treatment for pulmonary manifestations of juvenile systemic sclerosis
Gretchen Henstorf, Anne M Stevens
Description of the localized scleroderma subgroup of CARRAnet
Eveline Wu, Egla C Rabinovich, Kathryn S Torok, Suzanne C Li, Robert C Fuhlbrigge, CARRAnet Investigators
The juvenile systemic sclerosis clinic: an interdisciplinary approach
Marìa Katsicas, Erica Hammermuller, Bettina Cervini, Ricardo Russo
Pulmonary thromboembolism in children with rheumatic diseases
Larry B Vogler, Sheila Angeles-Han, Sampath Prahalad, Egla C Rabinovich
Prevalence of depression and concomitant risk factors in pediatric patients with rheumatic disease
Stacey E Tarvin, Nicole M Taylor, Christine Raches, Lisa Macharoni
Incident vertebral fractures 12 months following glucocorticoid initiation in children with rheumatic disorders
Bianca A Lang, Celia Rodd, Timothy Ramsay, David A Cabral, Peter B Dent, Janet E Ellsworth, Kristin M Houghton, Adam Huber, Roman Jurencak, Maggie Larché, Claire MA LeBlanc, Brian Lentle, MaryAnn Matzinger, Paivi M Miettunen, Kiem Oen, Johannes Roth, Claire Saint-Cyr, Rosie Scuccimarri, Nazih Shenouda, Leanne M Ward
Temporomandibular joint arthritis in patients with non-JIA childhood arthritis
Randy Q Cron, Emily Fain, George Atkinson, Peter Weiser, Timothy Beukelman
Prevalence of chronic idiopathic musculoskeletal pain and headache in adolescence: a population based Norwegian study
Gry B Hoftun, Pål R Romundstad, John-Anker Zwart, Marite Rygg
Are growing pains a parasomnia
Florence A Aeschlimann, Helene Werner, Oskar G Jenni, Rotraud K Saurenmann
Response of pediatric uveitis to TNFα inhibitors
Melissa A Lerman, Monte Mills, Marshall Joffe, Terri H Finkel, Sean Hennessy, John H Kempen
Comparison of idiopathic and secondary uveitis patients seen in a dual pediatric rheumatology-ophthalmology clinic
Victoria TE Rizk, Mara L Becker, Mark F Hoeltzel, Scott E Olitsky, Andrew Lasky
Distinguishing features in the presentations of childhood inflammatory brain diseases at a tertiary-care centre
Tania Cellucci, Pascal N Tyrrell, Marinka Twilt, Gordon S Soon, Ivanna Yau, Shehla Sheikh, Susanne M Benseler
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis: a newly recognized inflammatory brain disease in children
Nadia JC Luca, Tassalapa Daengsuwan, Josep Dalmau, Kevin Jones, Gabrielle deVeber, Jeff Kobayashi, Ronald M Laxer, Susanne M Benseler
Comparison of CNS vasculitis in children and adults; is this the same disease entity
Marinka Twilt, Carlo Salvarani, Tania Cellucci, Gene G Hunder, Susanne M Benseler
Horner syndrome as a manifestation of an exacerbation of Takayasu’s arteritis
Dominic Co, James Nocton
PFAPA syndrome in the Czech Republic: a single-centre experience
Petra Król, Marek Böhm, Dana Nemcová, Pavla Doležalová
PFAPA: a single phenotype with genetic heterogeneity
Sivia K Lapidus, Puja Chitkara, Peter W Kim, Ivona Aksentijevich, Elaine F Remmers, Henry Feder, Beverly K Barham, Anne Jones, Michael M Ward, Karyl S Barron, Daniel L Kastner, Silvia Stojanov
IL-1 blockade as a novel approach to treatment of hyperzincemia and hypercalprotectinemia, a possible new autoinflammatory syndrome
Geraldina Lionetti, Jonathan A Bernstein, Dirk Holzinger, Michael Jeng, Johannes Roth, Neda Zadeh, Joyce Hsu
Delayed diagnosis of Muckle-Wells syndrome – analysis of influencing factors
Jasmin B Kuemmerle-Deschner, Samuel D Samba, Isabelle Koné-Paut, Isabelle Marie, Katharina Gramlich, Sandra Hansmann, Theodoros Xenitidis, Susanne M Benseler
Predictors of delayed treatment of Kawasaki disease in community and tertiary care hospitals
Nadia Luca, Joyce CY Ching, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W McCrindle, Rae SM Yeung
Rising incidence of Kawasaki disease in Chile: analysis of national discharge databases between 2001 and 2007
Arturo Borzutzky, Rodrigo Hoyos-Bachiloglu, Jaime Cerda, Eduardo Talesnik
Delay in diagnosing Kawasaki disease. Identifying the root cause at the referral base of a regional children’s hospital
Daniela Vidal, Lorena Mariana Franco, Maria Elena Rama, Maria Teresa Apaz, Carlos D Rose
Orbital myositis: a report of 3 pediatric cases
Gaëlle Chédeville, Rosie Scuccimarri
A first description of chronic arthritis and uveitis in an adolescent girl with glycogen storage disease
Karen N Watanabe Duffy, Robert Polomeno, Constantin Polychronakos, Ciaran M Duffy
Inflammatory CNS lesion and interstitial pneumonia as manifestations of pediatric Behçet’s disease
Ana Beatriz Vargas, Cynthia T França, Blanca ERG Bica
Tocilizumab for refractory Castleman’s disease with paraneoplastic pemphigus and Behçet’s disease
Ana Beatriz Vargas, Beatriz M Trope, Blanca ERG Bica
Methylphenidate-associated myopathy
Ana Beatriz Vargas, Blanca ERG Bica
Treatment of scleromyxedema with IVIg
David W Moser, Thomas A Griffin
Recurrent meningoencephalitis and hyponatremia in childhood neurosarcoidosis
Josephine Isgro, Shannon Babineau, Rachelle Gandica, Amy J Starr, Lisa F Imundo, Andrew H Eichenfield
Subcutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex infection in an adolescent with mixed connective tissue disease receiving mycophenolate mofetil
Josephine Isgro, Patricia Costa Reis, Amy J Starr, Lisa F Imundo, Andrew H Eichenfield
Interstial granulomatous dermatitis as initial presentation of juvenile mixed connective disease and its response to tacrolimus
Lawrence Jung, Igor Shendrik
Blastomycotic arthritis and osteomyelitis in childhood: a case series
Rachel R Johnson, Sheetal S Vora
Human parvovirus B19 and pediatric rheumatologic disease
Trevor Davis, Caitlin Sgarlat, Jorge Lopez, Marc Natter, Laurie Miller
Acute respiratory infections, influenza-like illness and JIA: impact on disease activity and response to the influenza vaccine
Luciana M Carvalho, Flávia E Paula, Rodrigo VD Silvestre, Luciana R Roberti, Wyller A Mello, Eurico Arruda, Virginia PL Ferriani
Prevalence and demographics of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis among US children with Medicaid coverage, 2002-2004
Linda T Hiraki, Tamara Shaykevich, Wolfgang C Winkelmayer, Karen H Costenbader
Long-term education and employment outcomes in pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Erica F Lawson, Aimee O Hersh, Laura Trupin, Emily Von Scheven, Edward H Yelin
Improving the influenza vaccination rate in patients visiting pediatric rheumatology clinics using automatic best practice alert in electronic patient records
Anjali Patwardhan, Kelly Kelleher, Dennis Cunningham, Charles Spencer
Epidemiology of generalised joint laxity in 14 year old children from the UK: a population-based evaluation
Jacqui Clinch, Kevin Deere, Tobias John, Emma Clarke
Granzymes are necessary for suppressive function of regulatory T cells
Dominic O Co, Dipica Haribhai, Erica G Schmitt, Jennifer Ziegelbauer, William J Grossman, James Verbsky, Calvin Williams
Cartilage-protective effects of C-type natriuretic peptide over expression in K/BxN TCR arthritis model
Hulya Bukulmez, Cynthia F Bartels, Kabita Nanda, Tariq M Haqqi, Jean F Welter
IL-10 is a critical negative regulator of macrophage activation syndrome
Scott Canna, Katharine Slade, Michele Paessler, Portia Kreiger, Sheila Rao, Edward M Behrens
Hypergammaglobulinemia in the pediatric population
Mindy S Lo, Robert P Sundel
Simvastatin and ROCK inhibition in Th0 and Th17 systems
Josephine Isgro, Li Song, Sanjay Gupta, Alessandra B Pernis
Peripheral blood (PB) concentrations of neutrophil chemoattractant IL-8 and Th1-related cytokines are elevated during febrile episodes in children with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome
Liora Harel, Eduard Ling, Tirza Klein, Moshe Israeli, Jacob Amir
KIR-HLA class I combinations in JIA-associated uveitis
Miriam Parsa, Deborah K McCurdy, Jennifer MP Woo, Angela Presson, Raj Rajalingam, Ralph Levinson, Gary Holland
Osteoblast differentiation from synovial fluid cells in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
Marija Jelusic-Drazic, Elvira Lazic Mosler, Danka Grcevic, Mandica Vidovic, Ana Marusic, Natasa Kovacic
Susceptibility to childhood onset rheumatoid arthritis: investigation of a weighted genetic risk score that integrates cumulative effects of five genetic risk variants
Sampath Prahalad, Milton Brown, Susan D Thompson, Michael Zwick, David Cutler, Lori A Ponder, Jennifer Prozonic, Sheila Angeles-Han, Larry B Vogler, Christine W Kennedy, Carol A Wallace, Carol Wise, Marilynn G Punaro, Ann M Reed, Jane L Park, Elizabeth D Mellins, John F Bohnsack, David N Glass
Comparison of multiplex, ELISA and immunofluorescence for detecting autoantibodies in JIA patients
Paul T Fawcett, Victoria L Maduskuie, Carlos D Rose
Presence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody isotypes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis synovial fluid indicates autoantibody production at the site of inflammation
Brooke E Gilliam, Sandra Crespo-Pagnussat, Judy Ko, Reema H Syed, Terry L Moore
Evidence of fibrinogen as a target of citrullination in IgM rheumatoid factor-positive polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Brooke E Gilliam, Melinda R Reed, Anil K Chauhan, Amanda Dehlendorf, Peri H Pepmueller, Terry L Moore
The primary complement components contained in circulating immune complexes in oligoarticular and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis patient sera are C1q and C4: evidence of classical complement activation
Brooke E Gilliam, Melinda R Reed, Anil K Chauhan, Amanda Dehlendorf, Sandra Crespo-Pagnussat, Terry L Moore
Laboratorial significance of autoantibodies of dense fine speckled pattern
Tania Caroline Castro, Daniela Petry Piotto
Evaluation of sedimentation rate methodology reveals an unusual pediatric subpopulation with lupus or lupus-like syndrome and hemolytic anemia
Edward C Wong, Deborah Yuan, Claas Hinze, Lawrence Jung
Plasma osteopontin as a marker for future organ damage in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Ornella J Rullo, Jennifer MP Woo, Alice DC Hoftman, Miriam F Parsa, Gil Amarilyo, Deborah K McCurdy, Betty P Tsao
Association of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and blood pressure in children with Henoch Schönlein Purpura
Pamela Weiss, Andrew J Klink, Kevin Meyers, Russell Localio, Mary B Leonard, Chris Feudtner