Research ArticleArticle
New Features for Measuring Disease Activity in Pediatric Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne C. Li, Xiaohu Li, Elena Pope, Katie Stewart, Gloria C. Higgins, C. Egla Rabinovich, Kathleen M. O’Neil, Kathleen A. Haines, Ronald M. Laxer, Marilynn Punaro, Heidi Jacobe, Tracy Andrews, Knut Wittkowski, Themba Nyirenda, Ivan Foeldvari and Kathryn S. Torok
The Journal of Rheumatology September 2018, jrheum.171381; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.171381
Suzanne C. Li
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Xiaohu Li
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Elena Pope
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Katie Stewart
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Gloria C. Higgins
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
C. Egla Rabinovich
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Kathleen M. O’Neil
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Kathleen A. Haines
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Ronald M. Laxer
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Marilynn Punaro
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Heidi Jacobe
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Tracy Andrews
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Knut Wittkowski
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Themba Nyirenda
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Ivan Foeldvari
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
Kathryn S. Torok
From the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Financial support from the Arthritis Foundation New Jersey Chapter Grant; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. S.C. Li, MD, PhD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; X. Li, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; E. Pope, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; K. Stewart, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; G.C. Higgins, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; C.E. Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Duke University; K.M. O’Neil, MD, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; K.A. Haines, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, Hospital for Sick Children; M. Punaro, MD, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, UT Southwestern; H. Jacobe, MD, UT Southwestern; T. Andrews, MA, Hackensack University Medical Center; K. Wittkowski, PhD, Rockefeller University; T. Nyirenda, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center; I. Foeldvari, MD, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie; K.S. Torok, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Address correspondence to Dr. S.C. Li, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave., Imus 348, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, USA. E-mail: suzanne.li@hackensackmeridian.org. Accepted for publication June 25, 2018.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 3
1 Mar 2024
New Features for Measuring Disease Activity in Pediatric Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne C. Li, Xiaohu Li, Elena Pope, Katie Stewart, Gloria C. Higgins, C. Egla Rabinovich, Kathleen M. O’Neil, Kathleen A. Haines, Ronald M. Laxer, Marilynn Punaro, Heidi Jacobe, Tracy Andrews, Knut Wittkowski, Themba Nyirenda, Ivan Foeldvari, Kathryn S. Torok
The Journal of Rheumatology Sep 2018, jrheum.171381; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.171381
New Features for Measuring Disease Activity in Pediatric Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne C. Li, Xiaohu Li, Elena Pope, Katie Stewart, Gloria C. Higgins, C. Egla Rabinovich, Kathleen M. O’Neil, Kathleen A. Haines, Ronald M. Laxer, Marilynn Punaro, Heidi Jacobe, Tracy Andrews, Knut Wittkowski, Themba Nyirenda, Ivan Foeldvari, Kathryn S. Torok
The Journal of Rheumatology Sep 2018, jrheum.171381; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.171381