The PedsQL TM 4.0 (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM ) Generic Core Scales are child
self-report and parent proxy-report scales developed to measure health-related quality of life (…

Objective The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is a modular instrument designed
to measure health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents ages 2–18 …

Objective To determine whether aggressive treatment initiated early in the course of rheumatoid
factor (RF)–positive or RF‐negative polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) can …

OBJECTIVE:. The PedsQL (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory) is a modular instrument designed
to measure health related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents ages 2-18 …

Background We compared the safety and efficacy of leflunomide with that of methotrexate in
the treatment of polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in a multinational, randomized, …

Objective To evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics, duration of time between
disease onset (date of first rash and/or weakness), and diagnosis/therapy, as well as …

OBJECTIVE:. To compare the clinical efficacy of custom foot orthotics, prefabricated "off-the-shelf"
shoe inserts, and supportive athletic shoes worn alone, on reducing pain and …

Background and Methods. The natural history of Lyme disease is not completely known. We
studied the long-term course of Lyme arthritis in 46 children in whom the onset of the …

Background Fibromyalgia is a chronic health condition characterized by widespread
musculoskeletal pain, multiple tender points on physical examination, generalized muscular aching…

OBJECTIVE: To report the first clinical experience with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF, CellCept)
in: children with lupus nephritis. METHODS: Eleven children with various forms of lupus …