Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8623729 | Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Although overall height at 3 years after initial presentation to rheumatology is within the population norm, as a cohort, children with JIA experience a reduction of growth in height over the first 3 years of disease. Late presentation to paediatric rheumatology services is associated with lower height at presentation. However, patients with the lowest height z scores at presentation were also the most likely to see an improvement at 3 years. The impact of JIA on growth patterns is important to children and families and this study provides useful new data to support informed clinical care.
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Authors
Flora MbChB, MSc, MRCPCH, Roberto MSc, Lianne BSc(Hons), MSc, Eileen M. MBChB, MRCGP, FRCP, FRCPCH, Lucy R. MBBS, PhD, FRCP, MRCPCH, Helen E. MD, MBBS (Hons), Yiannis MA, MBBS, MSc, FHEA, FRCPCH, S.E. Alice MBCHB, MRCP, RCPCH, MSc, Joyce E. BSc, MBChB,