Abstract Number: 8 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Examination of Reported Risk Loci from Candidate Gene Studies of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Identifies Link between IL1RN Variation and both Disease Susceptibility and Response to Interleukin-1 Directed Therapy
Background/Purpose: Systemic JIA (sJIA) is a childhood inflammatory disease whose pathophysiology is poorly understood. sJIA is phenotypically heterogeneous with variable manifestations and responses to treatment.…