Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic arthropathy of childhood which
is believed to be influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. The progress in …

… 1 , Taunton R Southwood, Prudence Manners, John Baum, David N Glass, Jose
Goldenberg, Xiaohu He, Jose Maldonado-Cocco, Javier Orozco-Alcala, Anne-Marie Prieur …

For many years a united international classification for chronic childhood arthritis has been
absent. The lack of consensus has led to difficulties in trial structure and data interpretation. …

Twenty-eight patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis completed a randomized 24-week
double-blind crossover trial comparing oral methotrexate (2.5 to 5 mg every 12 hours for …

We used the Immunochip array to analyze 2,816 individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
(JIA), comprising the most common subtypes (oligoarticular and rheumatoid factor–negative …

Objective Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is frequently associated with the development
of macrophage activation syndrome. This study was undertaken to better understand …

Objective Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is associated with macrophage
activation syndrome. Macrophage activation syndrome bears a close resemblance to familial …

Objective To identify differences in peripheral blood gene expression between patients with
different subclasses of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and healthy controls in a multicenter …

Objective To determine if the prevalence of autoimmunity among relatives of patients with
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is greater than that among relatives of healthy volunteer …

Chapter summary The chronic arthropathies of childhood share clinical and pathological
features with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults. Both are autoimmune diseases characterized …