Quality of life in patients with juvenile arthritis: adalimumab might make a difference
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Material and methods There were examined 66 children (median age 10 (3; 16) years). From them there were 44 girls, 23 boys, 23 persons with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), 30-with polyarticular JIA, 3-with systemic JIA and 10 – with Juvenile Enthesitis related arthritis. 58 (88%) children were treated with adalimumab for more than a year in the dose of 40 mg every 2 weeks Evaluation of HRQOL was performed by the help of questionnaires PedsQL Generic Core Scale (PedsQL GCS), PedsQL Rheumatology Module (PedsQL RM).
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دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011