juvenile scleroderma and systemic sclerosis Archives

Abstract Number: 1323 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Gastrointestinal Involvement in Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis: Development of Recommendations for Screening and Investigation
Ivan Foeldvari¹, Clare Pain², Tamás Constantin³, Eileen Baildam⁴, Henning Lenhartz⁵, Michael Blakley⁶, Dana Nemkova⁷ and Clarissa A Pilkington⁸, ¹Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, University Children´s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, University Childrens Hospital, Budapest, Hungary, ⁴Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁵Pediatric Gastroenterology, Wilhelmstift, Hamburg, Germany, ⁶Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Pedaitric Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose There are currently no agreed recommendations on how to investigate children for gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis (JSSc). The aim of screening…

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