Correction to: Biomarkers associating endothelial dysregulation in pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematous.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric rheumatology service in Sub-Sahara African is virtually not available as there is a shortage of paediatric rheumatologists and other rheumatology health professionals. We aim to describe the clinical spectrum and the frequencies of paediatric rheumatic diseases (PRDs) in Lagos State University Tea...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Olaosebikan BH,Adelowo OO,Animashaun BA,Akintayo RO

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO) is a rare condition of poorly understood etiology and pathophysiology that affects otherwise healthy children. This condition is characterized clinically by bone pain and vertebral fractures; spontaneous recovery is observed after puberty in the majority of cases. Altho...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Bacchetta J,Wesseling-Perry K,Gilsanz V,Gales B,Pereira RC,Salusky IB

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraarticular corticosteroids (IACs) have been used to treat temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis. However, prospective clinical studies with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring are lacking. The aim of this study was to examine efficacy and safety of a single IAC in the TMJ in adolescents with juven...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Frid P,Augdal TA,Larheim TA,Halbig J,Rypdal V,Songstad NT,Rosén A,Tylleskär KB,Berstad JR,Flatø B,Stoustrup P,Rosendahl K,Kirkhus E,Nordal E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sports participation can be an integral part of adolescent development with numerous positive short and long-term effects. Despite these potential benefits very high levels of physical activity, during skeletal maturation, have been proposed as a possible cause of cam-type femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). The influ...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： de Silva V,Swain M,Broderick C,McKay D

更新日期：2016-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by persistent chronic arthritis. Disease risk is believed to be influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. It is well established that the PTPN22 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2476601 is associated with JIA suscept...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Goulielmos GN,Chiaroni-Clarke RC,Dimopoulou DG,Zervou MI,Trachana M,Pratsidou-Gertsi P,Garyfallos A,Ellis JA

更新日期：2016-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to determine whether polymorphisms in toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) confer susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in a central south Chinese Han population. METHODS:Genotyping for six well studied polymorphisms (rs4986790, rs4986791, rs1075...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Wang Y,Chen L,Li F,Bao M,Zeng J,Xiang J,Luo H,Li J,Tang L

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：: Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the aorta and its major branches. It is seen predominantly in females during the second and third decades of life, although it can occur in childhood. The aetiology of TA remains unknown. To date, familial cases of TA have been considered rare; however...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Morishita KA,Rosendahl K,Brogan PA

更新日期：2011-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is the most common form of systemic vasculitis in children, the long term effect of HSP on endothelial function is still not clear. The aim of our study was to evaluate the long term effect of HSP on endothelial function in children and adolescents. METHODS:This resea...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Butbul Aviel Y,Dafna L,Pilar G,Brik R

更新日期：2017-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present the case of a 14-year-old boy with clinical and radiographic features of pseudorheumatoid chondrodyspalsia with additional, potentially serious, cervical malformations. METHODS:Detailed clinical and radiological examinations were undertaken with emphasis on the usefulness of 3D-CT scanning. RESULTS...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Al Kaissi A,Ben Chehida F,Ben Ghachem M,Grill F,Klaushofer K

更新日期：2007-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease of childhood, with JIA-associated uveitis its most common extra-articular manifestation. JIA-associated uveitis is a potentially sight-threatening condition and thus carries a considerable risk of morbidity. The aetiology of the condition is auto...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Clarke SL,Sen ES,Ramanan AV

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is the most catastrophic form of heterotopic ossification, due to ongoing intracellular signaling through the bone morphogenic protein pathway. The paroxysmal appearance of inflammatory lumps and elevated inflammatory markers during flares, suggest that FOP is an a...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Haviv R,Moshe V,De Benedetti F,Prencipe G,Rabinowicz N,Uziel Y

更新日期：2019-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cogan syndrome is a systemic disease manifesting interstitial keratitis, sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and rotatory vertigo. Renal complications of this syndrome are very rare. We encountered an adolescent with Cogan syndrome complicated by aortitis and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated gl...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Sugimoto K,Miyazawa T,Nishi H,Izu A,Enya T,Okada M,Takemura T

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Of 37 pediatric rheumatology fellowship training programs in the United States, many have three or fewer fellows at a given time, making large-scale assessment of fellow performance difficult. An objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a scenario-based simulation method that assesses individual p...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Curran ML,Martin EE,Thomas EC,Singh R,Armana S,Kauser A,Zaheer EA,Sherry DD

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the prevalence of cumulative organ damage among Egyptian children with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) and the relationships between the organ damage and the demographic data, clinical variables, and disease activity. METHODS:A total of 148 patients with jSLE have been foll...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Salah S,Lotfy HM,Mokbel AN,Kaddah AM,Fahmy N

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children are commonly referred to a pediatric rheumatology center for the laboratory finding of an Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) of undetermined significance. Previous studies regarding adult rheumatology patients have supported an association between ANA and anti-thyroid antibodies, with the prevalence of thy...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Torok KS,Arkachaisri T

更新日期：2010-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) were historically thought to be distinct entities, often managed in isolation. In fact, these conditions are closely related. A collaborative approach, which incorporates expertise from subspecialties that previously treated HL...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Halyabar O,Chang MH,Schoettler ML,Schwartz MA,Baris EH,Benson LA,Biggs CM,Gorman M,Lehmann L,Lo MS,Nigrovic PA,Platt CD,Priebe GP,Rowe J,Sundel RP,Surana NK,Weinacht KG,Mann A,Yuen JC,Meleedy-Rey P,Starmer A,Ban

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis is rare, management generally relies on adult data. We assessed treatment practices, uptake of existing clinical assessment tools, and interest in pediatric treatment protocols among rheumatologists caring for children with granuloma...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Westwell-Roper C,Lubieniecka JM,Brown KL,Morishita KA,Mammen C,Wagner-Weiner L,Yen E,Li SC,O'Neil KM,Lapidus SK,Brogan P,Cimaz R,Cabral DA,for ARChiVe Investigators Network within the PedVas initiative.

更新日期：2017-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bisphosphonates are recommended for use as first-line therapy for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in adults. However, the appropriate usage of bisphosphonates for the prevention or treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in children remains unclear. METHODS:We pe...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Inoue Y,Mitsunaga K,Yamamoto T,Chiba K,Yamaide F,Nakano T,Morita Y,Yamaide A,Suzuki S,Arima T,Yamaguchi KI,Tomiita M,Shimojo N,Kohno Y

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial chilblain lupus (FCL) is a rare, chronic form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus, which is characterized by painful bluish-red inflammatory cutaneous lesions in acral locations. Mutations in TREX1, SAMHD1 and STING have been described in FCL patients. Less than 10 TREX1 mutation positive FCL families ...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Yi C,Li Q,Xiao J

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently preliminary ultrasonography (US) definitions, in B mode, for normal components of pediatric joints have been developed by the OMERACT US group. The aim of the current study was to include Doppler findings in the evaluation and definition of normal joint features that can be visualized in healthy chi...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Collado P,Windschall D,Vojinovic J,Magni-Manzoni S,Balint P,Bruyn GAW,Hernandez-Diaz C,Nieto JC,Ravagnani V,Tzaribachev N,Iagnocco A,D'Agostino MA,Naredo E,OMERACT ultrasound subtask force on pediatric.

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the predictors for intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance and coronary artery lesions (CALs) in Kawasaki disease (KD). METHODS:A total of 560 KD patients were reviewed retrospectively, including 410 complete KD (cKD) and 150 incomplete KD (iKD) patients. The laboratory data were compared bet...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Xie T,Wang Y,Fu S,Wang W,Xie C,Zhang Y,Gong F

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few studies on radiographic outcome after long-term disease duration in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We wanted to evaluate 29-year radiographic outcome in hands/wrists and predictors of damage in patients with long-term active JIA. METHODS:Patients diagnosed from 1980 to 1985, who had acti...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Selvaag AM,Kirkhus E,Törnqvist L,Lilleby V,Aulie HA,Flatø B

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：: There is a debate whether post-streptococcal reactive arthritis (PSRA) is a separate entity or a condition on the spectrum of acute rheumatic fever (ARF). We believe that PSRA is a distinct entity and in this paper we review the substantial differences between PSRA and ARF. We show how the demographic, clinical, gene...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Uziel Y,Perl L,Barash J,Hashkes PJ

更新日期：2011-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prediction of resistance to intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) is currently still one of the main research areas in Kawasaki disease (KD). Several studies have reported on the use of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP) to this end. However, considering the age-dependency of NT-ProBNP lev...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Shao S,Luo C,Zhou K,Hua Y,Wu M,Liu L,Liu X,Wang C

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kawasaki Disease (KD), the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world, is extremely rare in neonates. We present a case of incomplete KD in a neonate and a review of the literature on neonatal KD. CASE PRESENTATION:A previously healthy full term 15 day old Caucasian male with...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Altammar F,Lang B

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Cervical Adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is currently based on the modified Marshall's criteria, but no validated evidence based classification criteria for PFAPA has been established so far. METHODS:A multistep process, based on the Delphi and Nom...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Vanoni F,Caorsi R,Aeby S,Cochard M,Antón J,Berg S,Brik R,Dolezalova P,Koné-Paut I,Neven B,Ozen S,Pillet P,Stojanov S,Wouters C,Gattorno M,Hofer M

更新日期：2018-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to an increased frequency of vasculitis in FMF patients, many investigators have studied MEFV mutations in patients with HSP. The aim of the study is to investigate the frequency and clinical significance of MEFV mutations in Egyptian children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP). Investigating MEFV mutat...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Salah S,Rizk S,Lotfy HM,El Houchi S,Marzouk H,Farag Y

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-TNF (Tumor necrosis factor) therapy is effective in treating pediatric patients with refractory rheumatic disease. There is however a concern that anti-TNF usage may increase the risk of malignancy. Reports on specific types of malignancy in this patient population have been emerging over the past decad...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Okihiro A,Hasija R,Fung L,Cameron B,Feldman BM,Laxer R,Schneider R,Silverman E,Spiegel L,Yeung RSM,Tse SML

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To follow up the refractory juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) in a long time and to investigate whether AHSCT is effective and safe to treat refractory JDM. METHODS:We collected the AHSCT and follow-up data of three patients with refractory JDM who...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Zhu J,Su G,Lai J,Dong B,Kang M,Li S,Zhou Z,Wu F

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory myopathy in childhood and a major cause of morbidity among children with pediatric rheumatic diseases. The management of JDM is very heterogeneous. The JDM working group of the Society for Pediatric Rheumatology (GKJR) aims to define consensus- a...

journal_title：Pediatric rheumatology online journal

authors： Hinze CH,Oommen PT,Dressler F,Urban A,Weller-Heinemann F,Speth F,Lainka E,Brunner J,Fesq H,Foell D,Müller-Felber W,Neudorf U,Rietschel C,Schwarz T,Schara U,Haas JP

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00