Autoimmune diseases often have overlapping symptoms and laboratory somewhat unfamiliar
to the non-rheumatologist. Characteristic signs, symptoms, and autoantibodies define …

Objective. To identify mechanisms of the osteopenia associated with juvenile rheumatoid
arthritis (JRA) by determining parameters of bone mineralization, and bone mineral content …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the health and functional status of children with juvenile rheumatoid
arthritis (JRA) diagnosed in the early 1990s. METHODS: Patients were obtained from the …

Objectives: This study examined a wide array of clinical factors to evaluate their influence on
fracture risk and T scores in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and determine if women …

… Coupling was performed at 4C for 16 h at pH 9.0. Nonspecific binding was evaluated when
wells were coupled with 2 µg of bovine serum albumin (BSA) per well instead of peptide. All …

Objective: To analyse the treatment response to etanercept in patients with polyarticular
course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods: 22 patients with polyarticular course JIA (19 …

Background A small percentage of children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) develop
a chronic form of the disease that often requires prolonged corticosteroid therapy. Disease …

This paper reviews the recent literature on the juvenile spondyloarthropathies. Several case
reports emphasized clinical characteristics of the spondlyoarthropathies including reactive …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate safety and clinical response to treatment with etanercept in the
polyarticular course of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS: Ten patients …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an autoantibody profile in pediatric-onset systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) patients to determine clinical and statistical associations with disease-…