MOTION OR REST: WHAT IS MORE PREFERABLE FOR PATIENTS WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS?

Multicentric Carpotarsal Osteolysis Mimicking Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Background Multicentric carpotarsal osteolysis (MCTO), a skeletal dysplasia presents in early childhood mimicking juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Recognition of this syndrome is essential to avoid unnecessary treatment with immunosuppressive agents because of different course and treatment. Case Report A 3-year-old boy presented with swelling and restriction of right wrist joint and left ...

Agonist or Antagonists? What Is Preferable?

R202Q Mutation of Mediterranean Fever Gene in Iranian patients with Systemic-onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Background: Systemic-onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SoJIA) is an autoinflammatory disease with complex genetic trait starts in children less than 16 years of age with fever and cutaneous rash. Despite, the main genetic factors that may play a role in SoJIA have not yet been identified. High level of interleukin-1beta in the blood of SoJIA patients has been reported. The production and sec...

Clinical and Serological Findings in Juvenile Patients with Idiopathic Arthritis in Southwestern of Iran

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe clinical features and serological findings of children with idiopathic arthritis in south-western Iran.Methods: This descriptive study included 60 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who were referred to a pediatric rheumatology clinic at a university hospital during 6-month period. Initial manifestations, first laboratory tests an...

Patients with early-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis show more inflammation and worse outcome

Methods Retrospective analysis of clinical data. Early-onset (EO) was defined as the start of SJIA prior to age 18 months. Variables included: demographic and clinical features at onset and outcome variables during disease course (pattern of course, presence of clinical joint damage [using the Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index or JADI], radiographic joint damage [erosions], destructive hip diseas...