Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Subcutaneous methotrexate more effective for early JIA
Key clinical point: Subcutaneous methotrexate is preferable for JIA patients who aren’t needle phobic.Major finding: Of 13 children with ACR...
News
Childhood sports knee injuries carry heavy burden
Major finding: Preliminary evidence suggests that young adults with history of a sports-related knee injury differ in symptomatology, physiology,...
News
Evidence builds for biologics’ effect on height, disease activity in JIA patients
Conference Coverage
Key studies show distinctive features of pediatric psoriasis
News
Polyarteritis nodosa gene discovery raises new possibilities for field
News
CDC sounds alarm on hospital antibiotic use
Conference Coverage
Maternal lupus doubled autism risk
Major finding: Children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus had an adjusted 2.3-fold increased risk of being diagnosed with an...
Conference Coverage
Early aggressive therapy in JIA brings prolonged disease inactivation
Major finding: Children with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis who started on the combination of methotrexate, etanercept, and...
Commentary
Family history, genetic testing, and the electronic health record
Conference Coverage
Increasing proportion of musculoskeletal infections involve MRSA
Major finding: The proportion of musculoskeletal infection cases involving MRSA vs. MSSA increased from 12% to 35% between 2001 and 2010.Data...
News
HPV vaccine uptake low in autoimmune disease patients
Major finding: Children and young adults with autoimmune diseases and their counterparts with no such diseases had similarly low uptake of at...