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Enthesitis-related arthritis: time to re-define?

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Bryan, AR; Rabinovich, CE
Published in: Curr Rheumatol Rep
December 2014

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease in childhood. Enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) is one of the seven JIA subtypes classified by the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR). Due to inclusion and exclusion criteria, a pitfall of the ERA category is that it does not include all subsets of juvenile spondyloarthropathy, with many children ending up in the undifferentiated category. The ERA nomenclature also does not have a method for distinguishing between axial and peripheral disease, two phenotypes which vary in presentation and treatment requirements. This distinction is very important given the overall poor prognosis seen in ERA patients, specifically in those with axial involvement. Since axial involvement is more common and presents earlier than previously thought in ERA, the pediatric rheumatology community should develop more accurate and sensitive classification criteria based on disease course to assist in improving timely diagnosis and appropriate management.

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Curr Rheumatol Rep

DOI

EISSN

1534-6307

Publication Date

December 2014

Volume

16

Issue

12

Start / End Page

466

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Rheumatology
  • Prognosis
  • Humans
  • Child
  • Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Bryan, A. R., & Rabinovich, C. E. (2014). Enthesitis-related arthritis: time to re-define? Curr Rheumatol Rep, 16(12), 466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-014-0466-z
Bryan, Angela R., and C Egla Rabinovich. “Enthesitis-related arthritis: time to re-define?Curr Rheumatol Rep 16, no. 12 (December 2014): 466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-014-0466-z.
Bryan AR, Rabinovich CE. Enthesitis-related arthritis: time to re-define? Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2014 Dec;16(12):466.
Bryan, Angela R., and C. Egla Rabinovich. “Enthesitis-related arthritis: time to re-define?Curr Rheumatol Rep, vol. 16, no. 12, Dec. 2014, p. 466. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11926-014-0466-z.
Bryan AR, Rabinovich CE. Enthesitis-related arthritis: time to re-define? Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2014 Dec;16(12):466.
Journal cover image

Published In

Curr Rheumatol Rep

DOI

EISSN

1534-6307

Publication Date

December 2014

Volume

16

Issue

12

Start / End Page

466

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Rheumatology
  • Prognosis
  • Humans
  • Child
  • Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences