MAZZONI , Marta

Background: the accurate assessment of remission status in JIA patients is of utmost relevance to taper medications and prevent side effects from their long-term administration. In RA patients in clinical remission (CR), musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) allows to detect persistent joint inflammation (subclinical synovitis), which predicts...

Purpose of Review: This paper aims to provide a summary of the recent therapeutic advances and the latest research on outcome measures for clinical trials in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Recent Findings: Recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated the superiority of the combination of prednisone with methotrexate over other...