Purpose of Review Provide the most recent updates on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and
treatment advances in Kawasaki disease. Recent Findings Treatment advances in complex…

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory and multisystemic autoimmune
disorder characterized by an uncontrolled autoreactivity of B and T lymphocytes leading to the …

Background We evaluated the safety and efficacy of etanercept, a soluble tumor necrosis
factor receptor (p75):Fc fusion protein, in children with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid …

Childhood sarcoidosis is a rare multisystemic granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology.
In the pediatric series reported from the southeastern United States, sarcoidosis had a …

Objective To evaluate the long‐term efficacy and safety of etanercept in children with juvenile
rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) participating in an ongoing multicenter, open‐label, extended‐…

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) is most common in midlife, but may be seen at any age. Its
prevalence and assessment of tenderness in healthy children is not known. We assessed 338 …

The biomechanics, histology and electromyography of the lumbar viscoelastic tissues and
multifidus muscles of the in vivo feline were investigated during 20 min of static as well as …

OBJECTIVES--To test the hypothesis that joint hypermobility may play a part in the
pathogenesis of pain in fibromyalgia, schoolchildren were examined for the coexistence of joint …

Objective Previous studies showed that etanercept treatment in patients with polyarticular‐course
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) provided rapid clinical improvement that was …

Objective To obtain data concerning a history of infection occurring in the 3 months before
recognition of the typical weakness and rash associated with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). …