Clinical Features, Treatment, and Outcome of Macrophage Activation Syndrome Complicating Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Multinational, Multicenter Study of 362 Patients

Minoia, Francesca; Davì, Sergio; Horne, AnnaCarin; Demirkaya, Erkan; Bovis, Francesca; Li, Caifeng; Lehmberg, Kai; Weitzman, Sheila; Insalaco, Antonella; Wouters, Carine; Shenoi, Susan; Espada, Graciela; Ozen, Seza; Anton, Jordi; Khubchandani, Raju; Russo, Ricardo; Pal, Priyankar; Kasapcopur, Ozgur; Miettunen, Paivi; Maritsi, Despoina; Merino, Rosa; Shakoory, Bita; Alessio, Maria; Chasnyk, Vyacheslav; Sanner, Helga; Gao, Yi‐Jin; Huasong, Zeng; Kitoh, Toshiyuki; Avcin, Tadej; Fischbach, Michel; Frosch, Michael; Grom, Alexei; Huber, Adam; Jelusic, Marija; Sawhney, Sujata; Uziel, Yosef; Ruperto, Nicolino; Martini, Alberto; Q. Cron, Randy; Ravelli, Angelo; behalf of the Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization, the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, the Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, and the Histiocyte Society, on

doi:10.1002/art.38802

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Clinical Features, Treatment, and Outcome of Macrophage Activation Syndrome Complicating Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Multinational, Multicenter Study of 362 Patients

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Authors:

Francesca Minoia

Sergio Davì

AnnaCarin Horne

Abstract

Objective To describe the clinical, laboratory, and histopathologic features, current treatment, and outcome of patients with macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) complicating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods In this multinational, multicenter study, pediatric rheumatologists an...

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