An exploration of parents’ preferences for foot care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a possible role for the discrete choice experiment [PDF]
Background: An increased awareness of patients’ and parents’ care preferences regarding foot care is desirable from a clinical perspective as such information may be utilised to optimise care delivery.
A Bernatsky +56 more
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Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
In the development of rheumatic diseases, especially juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, the important role of some cytokines, most important of which are interleukin-1, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor α, has been proved.
V.V. Berejniy +3 more
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Features of the reproductive function of girls and women with rheumatoid arthritis: A review [PDF]
Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common and severe autoimmune diseases. The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis among adults in different geographical areas of the world ranges from 0.5 to 2%.
Anna V. Kazakova +4 more
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Macrophage Activation Syndrome as Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature [PDF]
Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a potentially fatal condition. It is a rare complication of several autoimmune disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA).
Didona, Dario +4 more
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Background. In our time, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a disease with difficult symptoms and consequences, in which patients’ disability can be formed in the first years of the pathological process. Scientific and practical interest to this disease in
I.S. Lebets, E.N. Zaitseva, A.V. Letyago
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Association of the AFF3 gene and IL2/IL21 gene region with juvenile idiopathic arthritis [PDF]
Recent genetic studies have led to identification of numerous loci that are associated with susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. The strategy of using information from these studies has facilitated the identification of novel juvenile idiopathic ...
Barton, A. +12 more
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77 children with inflammatory lesions of the joints have been examined in the study. The characteristics of clinical signs and laboratory parameters in patients with arthritis, who have increased antibody titers to cyclic citrullinated peptide (a-CCP ...
I.S. Lebets, N.O. Panko
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Microbiota and chronic inflammatory arthritis. an interwoven link [PDF]
Background: Only recently, the scientific community gained insights on the importance of the intestinal resident flora for the host's health and disease.
D'Amelio, Raffaele +3 more
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Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients, a new scenario for an old concern. The fragile balance between infections and autoimmunity [PDF]
On 7 January 2020, researchers isolated and sequenced in China from patients with severe pneumonitis a novel coronavirus, then called SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a global health emergency.
Diamanti, A. P. +4 more
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Optimising use of electronic health records to describe the presentation of rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: a strategy for developing code lists [PDF]
Background Research using electronic health records (EHRs) relies heavily on coded clinical data. Due to variation in coding practices, it can be difficult to aggregate the codes for a condition in order to define cases.
A Hansell +37 more
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