Clinical features, treatment and outcomes of Italian children with enthesitis-related arthritis and juvenile psoriatic arthritis: a cross-sectional cohort study
Authors' conclusion
We described the characteristics of Italian children with ERA and JPsA and highlighted their peculiarities and their differences from the other JIA subsets.
Study context
- Population
- Italian children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) recruited at 18 paediatric rheumatology centres in Italy within the EPOCA StudyItalian subset of 9081
- Participants
- 1,300 children
- Exposure
- Enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) vs other JIA categories
- ERAn = 45
- JPsAn = 49
- Outcome
- Characteristics of ERA and JPsA
Methodological detailsmulticentre, retrospective chart review, part of multinational EPOCA Study
- Multicentre
- Retrospective chart review
- Part of multinational EPOCA Study
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Clinical features, treatment and outcomes of Italian children with enthesitis-related arthritis and juvenile psoriatic arthritis: a cross-sectional cohort study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 24 May 2023. doi:10.
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