Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 1293 • ACR Convergence 2025
Synovitis and periarticular soft tissues abnormalities in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: an ultrasonography study
Marianna Freire¹, Jean Paulo Veronese de Souza¹, Ana Renata Oliveira¹, Renata Kobayasi², Vitor Paula³, Clovis Artur Silva⁴ and Lucia Maria Campos⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Centro de Desenvolvimento de Educação Médica do Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Pediatric Radiology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal (MSK) involvement occurs in up to 70% of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). MSK ultrasound (US) has emerged as a tool with greater…
Abstract Number: 1277 • ACR Convergence 2025
Combination Therapy with Rituximab and Cyclophosphamide for Treating Pediatric Patients with Severe Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease
Eileen Rife¹, Daniel Reiff², John Bridges³, Emily Smitherman¹, randy Cron¹, Matthew Stoll¹, Melissa Mannion¹, Peter Weiser⁴ and Livie Timmerman⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, birmingham, AL, ²Boys Town Hospital, Omaha, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL
Background/Purpose: Current practice guidelines recommend either rituximab (RTX) or cyclophosphamide (CYC) for treatment of organ-threatening manifestations of systemic vasculitis or connective tissue disease (e.g., diffuse…
Abstract Number: 0427 • ACR Convergence 2025
Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Risk of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): Triangulating Evidence from Polygenic Risk Scores and Meta-Analysis in Scandinavian Birth Cohorts
Vilde Øverlien Dåstøl¹, Kristine Løkås Haftorn², Maria Christine Magnus³, Sigrid Hestetun⁴, Siri Eldevik Håberg⁵, Lisa Rider⁶, Karen H. Costenbader⁷, Ida Henriette Caspersen⁸, Sjurdur Frodi Olsen⁹, Ketil Størdal¹⁰ and Helga Sanner¹, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ³Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Centre for Fertility and Health, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology/University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Centre for Fertility and Health/University of Bergen, Oslo, Norway, ⁶National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Centre for Fertility and Health/Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Statens Serum Institut,Biobank, congenital disorders, and vaccines preparedness/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Oslo University Hospital, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine/University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been associated with a seemingly lower risk of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in the child (1), contrasting with smoking’s…
Abstract Number: 0401 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Effectiveness of Abatacept in JIA: Results From an Ongoing JIA Registry
Daniel Lovell¹, Nicolino Ruperto², Jennifer Huggins³, Ekaterina Alexeeva⁴, Colleen Correll⁵, John Bohnsack⁶, Stacey Tarvin⁷, Gabriele Simonini⁸, Thomas Griffin⁹, Andrew Zeft¹⁰, Gerd Horneff¹¹, Pierre Quartier¹², Iionka Orban¹³, Heather Walters¹⁴, Valda Stanevica¹⁵, Julisa Patel¹⁶, Adam M Huber¹⁷, Margalit Rosenkranz¹⁸, Daniel Kingsbury¹⁹, Rosie Scuccimarri²⁰, Gabriel Vega Cornejo²¹, Joost Swart²², Robert Carroll²³, Hermine Brunner¹, Tina Sherrard²⁴, Chiara Pallotti²⁵, Clara Malattia²⁶ and Alberto Martini²⁶, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, ³Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health Federal State Autonomous Institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health and I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenovskiy University), Moscow, Russia, ⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ⁹Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁰Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Asklepios Klinik, Hamburg, Germany, ¹²Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ¹⁴Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁵Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁶Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ¹⁷IWK Grace Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁸University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁹Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, ²⁰McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²¹Clinica de reumatología Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ²²Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²³Bristol Myers Squibb, London, United Kingdom, ²⁴Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²⁵Istituto G. Gaslini, Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, Genova, Italy, ²⁶Istituto G. Gaslini Pediatria II Reumatologia and University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Abatacept is a selective T-cell co-stimulation modulator approved for use in JIA. Efficacy and safety of abatacept in patients (pts) with JIA have been…
Abstract Number: 0119 • ACR Convergence 2025
Thrombin Generation Assays Inform Hypercoagulability Mediated by Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Elizabeth Sloan¹, Blake Baay², Lynnette Walters², Paola Sparagana², Kristina Ciaglia¹, Simrat Morris¹, Julie Fuller¹, Lorien Nassi¹, Tracey Wright¹ and Ayesha Zia³, ¹UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, ²Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern and Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: In pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are independent risk factors for thrombosis. However, data are limited on how aPL impact hypercoagulability.…
Abstract Number: 2535 • ACR Convergence 2025
Behçet’s syndrome: distinct features in 344 pediatric and adult patients in a non-endemic region
Ricardo Machado¹, Thales Souza², Matheus França³, Vinicius Matias⁴, Sylvia Farhat¹, Carolina Siqueira⁴, Maria Carolina Santos⁴, Lia Steuer¹, Luisa Forero¹, Rafael Bassara Macedo⁵, Thiago Freitas⁶, barbara Bayeh⁷, Carolina Ejnisman⁸, Pedro Araujo⁹, Rafael Cordeiro¹⁰, Fabio Specian⁵, Verena Balbi¹, Nadia Emi Aikawa¹¹, Katia Kozu¹, Clovis Artur Silva¹², Lucia Maria Campos¹³, Adriana Elias¹⁴ and Henrique Giardini⁶, ¹Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, ³Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Faculdade de Ciências Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Hospital das Clínicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁸Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁹Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ¹¹Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹²University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹³Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s syndrome (BS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by a heterogeneous clinical presentation, occurring primarily in young adults and very rarely in children…
Abstract Number: 2153 • ACR Convergence 2025
Giant Coronaries in Children with Kawasaki Disease: A Single Centre Experience
Pavneet Kaur¹, Mayank Goyal², Shivaprasad P Mohankumar², Lamk Kidyani², Sanjeev Kumar², Saurabh Gupta³, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan² and Narendra Bagri⁴, ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, ²AIIMS, New Delhi, India, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ³All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, ⁴ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: Coronary artery abnormalities (CAA) are a dreaded yet potentially preventable stigmata of Kawasaki disease (KD). Giant CAA are rare but at higher risk of…
Abstract Number: 2128 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence of Risks and Complications in a Longitudinal International Cohort of Children with Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO)
Jessica Kent¹, Eveline Wu², Melissa Oliver³, Sivia Lapidus⁴, Ummusen Akca⁵, Adriel Liau⁶, Pratyush Kore⁷, Ian Muse⁸, Ava Klein⁶, Emily Deng⁶, Iris Hamilton⁶, Haodong Chen⁷, Megan Nguyen⁷, Tianai Li⁹, Avril Wilson⁷, Jasmine Morden⁷, Shima Yasin¹⁰, Aleksander Lenert¹¹, Sara M. Stern¹², Antonella Insalaco¹³, Manuela Pardeo¹⁴, Gabriele Simonini¹⁵, Edoardo Marrani¹⁶, Xing Wang⁶, Bin Huang¹⁷, Leonard Kovallick¹⁸, Natalie Rosenwasser¹⁹, Erin Balay-Dustrude²⁰, Doaa Mosa²¹, Katerina Bouchalova²², Andrea Cabova²³, Jenna Thomason²⁰, Lori Tucker²⁴, Hermann Girschick²⁵, Ronald laxer²⁶, Marinka Twilt²⁷, Georgina Tiller²⁸, Jonathan Akikusa²⁹, Christian Hedrich³⁰, Karen Onel³¹, Fatma Dedeoglu³², Seza Özen³³, Polly Ferguson³⁴ and Yongdong (Dan) Zhao³⁵, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ²UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Montclair, NJ, ⁵Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, ⁷Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, ⁸University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, ⁹Seattle Children's Research institute, Seattle, ¹⁰Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa City, ¹¹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹³IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy, ¹⁴IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁶University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cinciannati, OH, ¹⁸The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil, Chapel Hill, ¹⁹Seattle Children's Hospital, seattle, WA, ²⁰University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²¹Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura City, Egypt, ²²Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²³Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²⁴BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²⁵Vivantes Clinic Friedrichshain, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁷Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta, Canada, ²⁸Royal Children’s Hospital, Melborne, Australia, ²⁹The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, ³⁰University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³¹HSS, New York, NY, ³²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³³Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, ³⁴University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ³⁵Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Redmond, WA
Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is associated with various comorbidities and long-term complications. The CHronic nonbacterial Osteomyelitis International Registry (CHOIR) is a multi-national database that…
Abstract Number: 1814 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trapped in the NET: Impaired DNase function and targeted antibodies in the pathogenesis of pediatric lupus nephritis
Sohei Makita¹, Joyce Hui-Yuen², Bharati Matta³, Betsy Barnes⁴, Jenna Battaglia⁵, Tatiana Borja⁶, Boris Reizis⁷, Lydia Thomas⁸ and Kim Simpfendorfer⁹, ¹NYU, New York, ²North Shore LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NY, ³The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Northwell Health, Manhasset, ⁶Northwell Health- Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Elmhurst, NY, ⁷New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Northwell Health - Cohen Children's Medical Center, Lake Success, NY, ⁹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Up to 80% of patients with pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) can present with renal abnormalities. Treatment of pSLE is often difficult and includes…
Abstract Number: 1670 • ACR Convergence 2025
Large Retrospective Cohort Study Of Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: Disease Presentation, Clinical, And Laboratory Features
Shima Yasin¹, Shima Yasin² and Polly Ferguson³, ¹King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital,Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ²Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa City, ³University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is an autoinflammatory bone disease that affects children and adolescents. The disease typically presents with bone pain with or…
Abstract Number: 1292 • ACR Convergence 2025
Childhood-onset Behçet’s disease: HLA alleles role on diagnosis and treatment in a Latin American tertiary center
Matheus França¹, Thales Souza², Ricardo Machado³, Vinicius Matias⁴, Sylvia Farhat³, Lia Steuer³, Luisa Forero³, Verena Balbi³, Nadia Emi Aikawa⁵, Katia Kozu³, Clovis Artur Silva⁶, Adriana Elias⁷ and Lucia Maria Campos⁸, ¹Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, ³Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Faculdade de Ciências Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s disease (BD) is a rare pediatric vasculitis with limited epidemiological data in Latin America centers, especially in children where initial symptoms can be…
Abstract Number: 1274 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analysis of Vaccination Compliance In Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis At The Rheumatology Transitional Consultation
Andres Perez Hurtado¹, Jose Ivorra Cortes², ELENA GRAU GARCIA³, Miguel Simeo Vinaixa⁴, Iago Alcantara Alvarez⁴, Belen Villanueva Manes⁵, Alba Maria Torrat Noves⁶, Daniel Ramos Castro⁷, Pablo Muñoz Martinez⁴, Laura mas sanchez⁸, Berta López Montesinos⁹, Lucía Lacruz Pérez¹⁰ and José Andrés Román Ivorra¹¹, ¹Hospital Universitario y Politècnico La Fe, València, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Hospital La Fe, València, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases in childhood. Its early onset and the immunosuppressive treatments used to control…
Abstract Number: 0423 • ACR Convergence 2025
Macrophage activation syndrome-associated proteins and enhanced interferon gamma responsiveness characterize the plasma proteome of patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in a pre-treatment replication single center cohort
Sarah McCuaig¹, Cara Toland², Katharine Konvinse³, Emily Yang³, Paul Utz⁴, Laura Vella¹, Audrey R. Odom John¹, Hamid Bassiri¹ and Edward Behrens⁵, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁵CHOP, West Chester, PA
Background/Purpose: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome that follows SARS-CoV-2 infection. Prior plasma proteomic analysis from a 2020 cohort of…
Abstract Number: 0398 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Children Diagnosed With Non-Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ≤ 2 Years Old Using The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Christina Gulla¹, Tara Lozy² and Ginger Janow³, ¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, ³Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common pediatric rheumatic disease. Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are key treatments in non-systemic JIA (sJIA), but…
Abstract Number: 2462 • ACR Convergence 2025
Precision Dosing is Needed to Establish Predictable Exposure to the Active Metabolite of Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in Pediatric Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Pooja Patel¹, Eveline Wu², Laura Cannon³, Kristen Hayward⁴, Daryl Okamura⁵, Marietta De Guzman⁶, Ana Luiza Altaffer⁶, Stacy Ardoin⁷, Ellen Cody⁸, Takanobu Nadai⁹, Kei Irie⁹, Gabrielle Morgan¹⁰, Carolina Pastrana³, Angela Merritt⁹, Catherine Robben⁹, A. Carmela Sagcal-Gironella¹¹, Junfang Zhao⁹, Hermine Brunner¹² and Tomoyuki Mizuno⁹, ¹Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ⁵Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁶Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁷Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁸Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁹Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The safety and effectiveness of MMF for the treatment of LN have been tested in adult and pediatric patients. MMF, a prodrug, is rapidly…

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