Abstracts tagged "juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)"

Abstract Number: 2212 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development Of Tools To Facilitate Shared Decision Making About Medications For Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – A Project Of The Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network
Esi Morgan DeWitt¹, Ellen A. Lipstein², Katie Staun³, Linda Scherer⁴, Janalee Taylor⁵, Carole M. Lannon⁴ and William B. Brinkman⁶, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵William S. Rowe Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Medication options for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are increasing. Medications differ on a variety of attributes, including mechanisms of action, dosing intervals, modes of…
Abstract Number: 2191 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intestinal Microbiome In Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A PILOT Study
Petra C.E. Hissink Muller^1,2, A.E. Budding³, Cornelia F. Allaart⁴, Danielle M.C. Brinkman^1,5, Taco W. Kuijpers⁶, Michiel Westedt¹, J. Merlijn van den Berg⁷, Lisette W.A. Van Suijlekom-Smit⁸, Marion A.J. Van Rossum⁹, Tim G.J. de Meij¹⁰ and Rebecca Ten Cate¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Reade Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, Netherlands, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Emma Children's Hospital / Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Emma Children's Hospital / Academic Medical Center and Reade Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰Pediatric Gastroenterology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The intestinal microbiome may play a role in the pathogenesis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). In IBD patients an overall decrease in microbial diversity of…
Abstract Number: 2192 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms In A Cohort Of Italian Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Fernanda Falcini¹, Francesca Marini², Donato Rigante³, Federico Bertini⁴, Gemma Lepri⁵, Stefano Stagi⁶, Marco Matucci Cerinic⁷ and Maria Luisa Brandi⁸, ¹Department of Biomedicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Excellence Centre for Research, Florence, Italy, ²Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ³Pediatrics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Transition Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁶Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁷Department of Biomedicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁸Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: A role for vitamin D has been hypothesized in generating disease activity for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA): specific polymorphisms of vitamin D…
Abstract Number: 2207 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma Cytokine Concentrations Are Associated With Folate Perturbations and Methotrexate Polyglutamate Accumulation In The Peripheral Blood Of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients Treated With Low-Dose Methotrexate
Ryan S. Funk¹, Leon van Haandel¹, Marcia Chan², Lanny J. Rosenwasser², Andrew Lasky³, Maria F. Ibarra⁴, Mark F. Hoeltzel⁵, J.S. Leeder¹ and Mara L Becker⁶, ¹Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Toxicology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ²Pediatric Immunology Research, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ³Pediatrics Rheumatology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁵Rheumatology Section, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁶Clinical Pharmacology and Rheumatology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate inhibits the production of inflammatory cytokines, but is also an antifolate. The activity of MTX is thought to depend on the formation of…
Abstract Number: 2208 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psychological Condition Of JIA Patients Treated With Biologic Agents. – A Nation-Wide Survey In Japan
Yuki Osako¹, Yukiko Nonaka², Harumi Akaike², Tomohiro Kubota³, Tsuyoshi Yamatou², Tomokazu Nagakura⁴, Junko Yasumura⁵, Hiroyuki Imanaka² and Syuji Takei⁶, ¹School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine,Department of Maternal & Child Nursing and Midwifery, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima city, Japan, ²Department of Pediatrics, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan, ³Dept of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, House of Meguminoseibo, Usuki, Japan, ⁵Dept of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City, Japan, ⁶School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents, newly developed medications targeting for inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha or IL-6, have been drastically improving the disease course of JIA who…
Abstract Number: 2168 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Temporomandibular Joint Involvement and Quality Of Life In Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Paula Frid^1,2, Ellen Nordal^3,4, Francesca Bovis⁵, Denise Marafon⁵, Donato De Angelis⁵, Sheila Oliveira⁵, Fabrizia Corona⁵, Gabrieli Simonini⁵, Joyce Davidson⁵, Helen Foster⁵, Rik Joos⁵, Ivan Foeldvari⁵, Michel Steenks⁵, Pekka Lahdenne⁵, Pavla Dolezalova⁵, Elena Palmisani⁵, Alberto Martini⁵, Angela Pistorio⁵ and Nicolino Ruperto⁵, ¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital North Norway, Tromso, Norway, ²Public Dental Service Competence Centre of Northen Norway, Tromso, Norway, ³Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ⁵Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia, Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) Coordinating Center, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis in childhood is seen in a substantial percentage of children with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and may lead to reduced mouth…
Abstract Number: 1780 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Randomized Placebo Phase Study of Rilonacept in the Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Norman T. Ilowite¹, Kristi Prather², Yuliya Lokhnygina³, Laura E. Schanberg⁴, Melissa Elder⁵, Diana Milojevic⁶, James W. Verbsky⁷, Steven J. Spalding⁸, Yukiko Kimura⁹, Lisa F. Imundo¹⁰, Marilynn G. Punaro¹¹, David D. Sherry¹², Stacey E. Tarvin¹³, Lawrence S. Zemel¹⁴, James D. Birmingham¹⁵, Beth S. Gottlieb¹⁶, Michael L. Miller¹⁷, Kathleen M. O'Neil¹⁸, Natasha M. Ruth¹⁹, Carol A. Wallace²⁰, Nora G. Singer²¹ and Christy I. Sandborg²², ¹Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²Statistics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ³Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ⁴Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, HI, ⁶Dept of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁸Pediatric Institute, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁰Pediatric and Adult Rheumatology Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁵Medicine & Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, ¹⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Childrens Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁰University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²¹Rheumatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²²Pediatric Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: The RAndomized Placebo Phase Study Of Rilonacept in the Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (RAPPORT) is a multicenter controlled trial using a…
Abstract Number: 790 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors and Sustainability Of Clinical Inactive Disease In Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Given Aggressive Therapy Very Early In The Disease Course
Carol A. Wallace¹, Edward H. Giannini², Steven J. Spalding³, Philip J. Hashkes⁴, Kathleen M. O'Neil⁵, Andrew S. Zeft⁶, Ilona S. Szer⁷, Sarah Ringold⁸, Hermine Brunner⁹, Laura E. Schanberg¹⁰, Robert P. Sundel¹¹, Diana Milojevic¹², Marilynn G. Punaro¹³, Peter Chira¹⁴, Beth S. Gottlieb¹⁵, Gloria C. Higgins¹⁶, Norman T. Ilowite¹⁷, Yukiko Kimura¹⁸, Anne Johnson⁹, Bin Huang¹⁹ and Daniel J. Lovell², ¹University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Pediatric Institute, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Pediatrics, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Pediatric Institute, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Div of Rheumatology, Rady Childrens Hosp San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁸Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital/Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹²Dept of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁶Pediatric Rheumatology Ohio State University, Nationwide Childrens Hosp, Columbus, OH, ¹⁷Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ¹⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁹Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled Trial of Early Aggressive Therapy in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (TREAT) compared the ability of 2 aggressive treatment regimens to…
Abstract Number: 280 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Of Etanercept In Paediatric Subjects With Extended Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Enthesitis-Related Arthritis, Or Psoriatic Arthritis
Tamas Constantin¹, Ivan Foeldvari², Jelena Vojinovic³, Gerd Horneff⁴, Ruben Burgos-Vargas⁵, Irina Nikishina⁶, Jonathan Akikusa⁷, Tadej Avcin⁸, Jeffrey Chaitow⁵, Elena Koskova⁹, Bernard Lauwerys¹⁰, Jack Bukowski¹¹, Chuanbo Zang¹², Joseph Wajdula¹², Deborah Woodworth¹², Bonnie Vlahos¹³, Alberto Martini¹⁴ and Nicolino Ruperto⁵, ¹Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ²Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ³Dept Pediatric Rheumatology, Clinical Center, School of Medicine University of Nis, Nis, Serbia, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁵PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Pediatric Department, Scientific Research Institute of Rheumatology RAMS, Moskow, Moskow, Russia, ⁷Rheumatology, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Australia, ⁸The Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Pediatric Clinic, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁹National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piestany, Slovakia, ¹⁰Pôle de Maladies Rhumatismales, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ¹¹Department of Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ¹²Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ¹³Department of Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ¹⁴Pediatria II, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Etanercept (ETN) is approved for the treatment of pediatric patients with the polyarticular subtype of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). In addition, based on the…
Abstract Number: 283 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy Of Biologic Treatments In Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis With a Polyarticular Course: An Indirect Comparison
Laura Sawyer¹, Alex Diamantopoulos², Hermine Brunner³, Fabrizio De Benedetti⁴, Nicolino Ruperto⁵, Fred Dejonckheere⁶ and Caroline Keane⁷, ¹Symmetron Limited, London, United Kingdom, ²Symmetron Limited, Herts, United Kingdom, ³PRCSG, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatric Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ⁵PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁶F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Roche, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To date there are no head-to-head trials comparing the efficacy of biologic treatments for polyarticular-course JIA (pcJIA). The purpose of this study was to…
Abstract Number: 284 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Relative Priority of the ACR Pediatric Core Set Measures for Youth With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Their Parents?
Jaime Guzman¹, Oralia Gomez-Ramirez², Susanne M. Benseler³, Roberta A. Berard⁴, Rollin Brant⁵, Ciaran M. Duffy⁶, Roman Jurencak⁷, Kiem Oen⁸, Ross E. Petty⁹, Natalie J. Shiff¹⁰ and Lori B. Tucker¹¹, ¹Pediatric Rheum/Rm K4-122, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children's Hosptial, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ¹¹Rheumatology, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The ACR has endorsed a core set of six measures to assess the course of JIA and the impact of treatment: active joint count,…
Abstract Number: 290 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Children With JIA Show Distinct Patterns Of Improvement In Their Health-Related Quality Of Life During The First Year On Treatment: Growth Mixture Modeling Of a Prospective Cohort Of Newly Diagnosed Patients
Bin Huang¹, Chen Chen², Stacey Niehaus³, Hermine Brunner⁴, Rina Mina⁵ and Michael Seid⁶, ¹Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Pulmonary, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a key outcome in clinical care and research for children with JIA. Despite excellent clinical control and the…
Abstract Number: 1597 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Patients with Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Data From a Phase 3 Trial
Hermine Brunner¹, Nicolino Ruperto², Zbigniew Zuber³, Caroline Keane⁴, Olivier Harari⁵, Andrew Kenwright⁴, Rubén J. Cuttica⁶, Vladimir Keltsev⁷, Ricardo Xavier³, Inmaculada Calvo Penades⁷, Irina Nikishina⁸, Nadina Rubio-Perez⁹, Ekaterina Alekseeva¹⁰, Vyacheslav Chasnyk¹¹, Jose Chavez³, Gerd Horneff¹², Violetta Opoka-Winiarska³, Pierre Quartier¹³, Clovis A. Silva⁷, Earl D. Silverman¹⁴, Alberto Spindler¹⁴, D. J. Lovell¹⁵, Alberto Martini¹⁴ and Fabrizio De Benedetti¹⁶, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation [PRINTO], Genova, Italy, ³PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Roche, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁵Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁶Hospital de Niños Pedro de Elizalde - University of Buenos Aires, Buenes Aires, Argentina, ⁷Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation–IRCCS [PRINTO], Genoa, Italy, ⁸Pediatric Department, Scientific Research Institute of Rheumatology RAMS, Moskow, Moskow, Russia, ⁹Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico, ¹⁰Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ¹¹Hospital Pediatry, State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, ¹²Department of Pediatrics, Centre of Pediatric Rheumatology, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ¹³Pediatria II, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group [PRSCG], Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁶PRINTO and PRSCG, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Elevated IL-6 levels are associated with disease activity in patients (pts) with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).1 Tocilizumab (TCZ), an IL-6 receptor inhibitor, was evaluated…
Abstract Number: 123 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Detection of Synovitis in Clinically Inactive Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients by Ultrasonography with POWER Doppler
Paz Collado¹, MariLuz Gamir², Rosa Merino³, Consuelo Modesto⁴, Indalecio Monteagudo⁵ and Juan Carlos Lopez-Robledillo⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Valle de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Niño Jesus, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The advances in therapeutic effectiveness have created a need for looking for imaging tools that describe more precisely the clinical state of disease inactivity.…
Abstract Number: 1157 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Phenotypic Characterization of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in African American Children
Lauren Minor¹, Lori Ponder², Emily G. Ferrell³, Sheila Angeles-Han¹, Christine W. Kennedy⁴, Kelly A. Rouster-Stevens¹, Mina Pichavant¹, Larry B. Vogler³ and Sampath Prahalad¹, ¹Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Rheumatology Immunology, Emory Children's Center, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: JIA, a common childhood arthropathy, with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 1000 in children under the age of 16, affects children of all…

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