PALMISANI , Elena

Objective To estimate the placebo effect in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) through a meta-analysis of phase III clinical trials with placebo comparator. Methods A systematic literature search was carried out up to December 2014. For parallel design studies the outcome was evaluated as a single 1-dimensional (1-D) variable or as a composite...

Objective: To compare the American College of Rheumatology paediatric (ACRp) response criteria and conventional radiography with MRI findings in a cohort of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Methods: Forty consecutive patients (30 girls, 10 boys; median age 10.8 years) with arthritis of the wrist starting treatment with...