Objective We undertook this study to test the hypothesis that in the International League of
Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), …

Objective To determine cutoff values for defining the state of high disease activity (HDA) in
juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) using the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS). …

Objective. To explore the parent and child acceptable symptom state in juvenile arthritis (JA-PASS
and JA-CASS, respectively) and estimate the JA-PASS and JA-CASS cutoff values for …

Background Little evidence-based information is available to guide the treatment of
oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis. We aimed to investigate whether oral methotrexate …

Background Data from routine clinical practice are needed to further define the efficacy and
safety of biologic medications in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The aim of …

Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea among children worldwide. In 2017,
Italy included rotavirus vaccination in its National Immunization Program. The use of social …

Several studies have examined effects of discontinuing treatment after clinical remission in
children with JIA. So far, only methotrexate and tumour necrosis factor α (TNF) inhibitors have …

Background To investigate the frequency of achievement of inactive disease (ID) in children
with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treated with methotrexate (MTX) as the sole disease-…

Objectives To search for predictors of polyarticular extension in children with oligoarticular-onset
juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to develop a prediction model for an extended …

Objectives To investigate the frequency of arthritis flare and factors affecting occurrence of
flare in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who achieved inactive disease (ID) with …