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Consuelo Egla Diana Rabinovich

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Rheumatology
Box 3212, Durham, NC 27710
2301 Erwin Road, CHC T0909, Durham, NC 27710

Featured Works


2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis.

Journal article Arthritis Rheumatol · June 2019 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To develop recommendations for the screening, monitoring, and treatment of uveitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Pediatric rheumatologists, ophthalmologists with expertise in uveitis, patient representatives, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis.

Journal article Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · June 2019 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To develop recommendations for the screening, monitoring, and treatment of uveitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Pediatric rheumatologists, ophthalmologists with expertise in uveitis, patient representatives, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Therapeutic Approaches for Non-Systemic Polyarthritis, Sacroiliitis, and Enthesitis.

Journal article Arthritis Rheumatol · June 2019 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To develop treatment recommendations for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis manifesting as non-systemic polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, or enthesitis. METHODS: The Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes (PICO) questions ... Full text Link to item Cite

2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Therapeutic Approaches for Non-Systemic Polyarthritis, Sacroiliitis, and Enthesitis.

Journal article Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · June 2019 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To develop treatment recommendations for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis manifesting as non-systemic polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, or enthesitis. METHODS: The Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes (PICO) questions ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medication use in juvenile uveitis patients enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry.

Journal article Pediatr Rheumatol Online J · February 16, 2016 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: There is not yet a commonly accepted, standardized approach in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic uveitis when initial steroid therapy is insufficient. We sought to assess current practice patterns within a large cohort of children with juven ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Future Is Now: Biologics for Non-Infectious Pediatric Anterior Uveitis.

Journal article Paediatr Drugs · August 2015 Featured Publication Anterior uveitis (AU), inflammation of the iris, choroid or ciliary body, can cause significant eye morbidity, including visual loss. In the pediatric age group, the most common underlying diagnosis for AU is juvenile idiopathic associated uveitis and idio ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Development of consensus treatment plans for juvenile localized scleroderma: a roadmap toward comparative effectiveness studies in juvenile localized scleroderma.

Journal article Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · August 2012 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Juvenile localized scleroderma (LS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder associated with substantial morbidity and disability. Although a wide range of therapeutic strategies has been reported in the literature, a lack of agreement on treatme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pulmonary complications of childhood rheumatic disease.

Journal article Paediatr Respir Rev · March 2012 Featured Publication The array of paediatric pulmonary complications of the various rheumatologic disorders illustrates both the complexities and challenges of the underlying disorders and the continuing lack of detailed knowledge of the pathophysiology and optimal treatment p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of juvenile systemic sclerosis.

Journal article Nat Rev Rheumatol · October 11, 2011 Featured Publication During the past 10 years, descriptions of large registries of children with juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) have improved our knowledge of this disease. jSSc differs from the adult disease in presentation as well as disease course. Two courses of diseas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis: challenges and update.

Journal article Curr Opin Rheumatol · September 2011 Featured Publication PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To update the current understanding of the risk factors for poor outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-related uveitis. In addition, current therapies, both traditional and biological, are reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS: Male sex, indepen ... Full text Link to item Cite

2011 American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: initiation and safety monitoring of therapeutic agents for the treatment of arthritis and systemic features.

Journal article Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · April 2011 Featured Publication Guidelines and recommendations developed and/or endorsed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) are intended to provide guidance for particular patterns of practice and not to dictate the care of a particular patient. The ACR considers adherence to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anakinra as first-line disease-modifying therapy in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: report of forty-six patients from an international multicenter series.

Journal article Arthritis Rheum · February 2011 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To examine the safety and efficacy of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist anakinra as first-line therapy for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Patients with systemic JIA receiving anakinra as part of initial disease ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of long-term etanercept treatment on growth in children with selected categories of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Journal article Arthritis Rheum · November 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of long-term etanercept treatment, with or without methotrexate, on growth in children with selected categories of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: We conducted a 3-year, open-label, nonrandomized registry of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-term safety and effectiveness of etanercept in children with selected categories of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Journal article Arthritis Rheum · September 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to evaluate the long-term safety and effectiveness of etanercept alone or in combination with methotrexate (MTX) in children with selected categories of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Patients ages 2-18 y ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pulmonary manifestations of rheumatoid diseases

Journal article Pulmonary Manifestations of Pediatric Diseases · 2009 Featured Publication Full text Cite

Infliximab to treat chronic noninfectious uveitis in children: retrospective case series with long-term follow-up.

Journal article Am J Ophthalmol · December 2007 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To assess a response to infliximab therapy in childhood uveitis. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. METHODS: We reviewed the course of 16 children with noninfectious uveitis treated with infliximab at an academic medical center. Outcome measures i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in uveitis.

Journal article Curr Opin Rheumatol · September 2007 Featured Publication PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Use of tumor necrosis factor-alpha blocking agents to treat chronic pediatric uveitis is becoming recognized as an important therapeutic modality. This review summarizes the rationale for this use, highlighting new studies of these agent ... Full text Link to item Cite

A multicenter case-control study on predictive factors distinguishing childhood leukemia from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Journal article Pediatrics · May 2006 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) often presents with musculoskeletal concerns such as pain or swelling, even before appearance of blasts in the peripheral blood. Such presentation may lead to misdiagnosis of a child with juvenile rheumatoid arth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Osteoporosis: a pediatric perspective.

Journal article Arthritis Rheum · April 2004 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

Health status of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at 1 and 5 years after diagnosis.

Journal article J Rheumatol · February 2003 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To describe the health and functional status of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) diagnosed in the early 1990s. METHODS: Patients were obtained from the Pediatric Rheumatology Disease Registry, a database of patients seen in pedi ... Link to item Cite

Bone metabolism in childhood rheumatic disease.

Journal article Rheum Dis Clin North Am · August 2002 Featured Publication There is an increasing appreciation among physicians about the importance of bone health in children as a potential modifiable risk factor for development of osteoporosis later in life. Many unanswered questions about normal pediatric bone health make the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bone mineral status in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Journal article J Rheumatol Suppl · April 2000 Featured Publication Osteoporosis can be thought of as a disease of childhood with manifestations in the adult years. One strategy in prevention of osteoporosis is to maximize peak bone mass with interventions focused during the childhood and adolescent years, taking advantage ... Link to item Cite