ALGORITHM OF DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF JUVENILE ARTHRITIS

The theme of the article is one of the most wide-spread rheumatologic diseases — juvenile arthritis (JA). It highlights main questions on epidemiology, classification, pathogenesis of the disease. Authors describe clinical symptoms of different types of JA, diagnostics and differential diagnosis. Th...

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Main Authors: E.I. Alexeeva, T.М. Bzarova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC 2010-11-01
Series:Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatrii
Online Access:https://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/977
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Summary:The theme of the article is one of the most wide-spread rheumatologic diseases — juvenile arthritis (JA). It highlights main questions on epidemiology, classification, pathogenesis of the disease. Authors describe clinical symptoms of different types of JA, diagnostics and differential diagnosis. There is a part of an article with information on drugs used in patients with JA and the algorithm of differentiated treatment of a disease is presented. Authors paid special attention to approaches to biological therapy, conditions for the treatment and management of patients treated with genetically engineered biological drugs.Key words: children, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, treatment, infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept, rituximab, abatacept, tocilizumab.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(6):78-104)
ISSN:1682-5527
1682-5535