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1. Risk for cancer development in familial Mediterranean fever and associated predisposing factors: an ambidirectional cohort study from the international AIDA Network registries

Author: Antonio Vitale, Valeria Caggiano, Abdurrahman Tufan, Gaafar Ragab, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Piero Portincasa, Emma Aragona, Jurgen Sota, Giovanni Conti, Amato De Paulis, Donato Rigante, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Ali Şahin, Francesco La Torre, Giuseppe Lopalco, Marco Cattalini, Maria Cristina Maggio, Antonella Insalaco, Petros P. Sfikakis, Elena Verrecchia, Derya Yildirim, Hamit Kucuk, Riza Can Kardas, Ahmed Hatem Laymouna, Mahmoud Ghanema, Moustafa Ali Saad, Seher Sener, Hulya Ercan Emreol, Seza Ozen, Nour Jaber, Mohamad Khalil, Agostino Di Ciaula, Carla Gaggiano, Giuseppe Malizia, Andrea Affronti, Serena Patroniti, Meri Romeo, Jessica Sbalchiero, Francesca Della Casa, Ilaria Mormile, Sara Silvaroli, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Neşe Çabuk Çelik, Maria Tarsia, Anastasios Karamanakos, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Paola Parronchi, Daniela Opris-Belinski, Patrizia Barone, Andreas Recke, Stefania Costi, Paolo Sfriso, Henrique A. Mayrink Giardini, Stefano Gentileschi, Ewa Wiesik-Szewczyk, Ibrahim Vasi, Roberta Loconte, Karina Jahnz-Różyk, Eduardo Martín-Nares, Jiram Torres-Ruiz, Alberto Cauli, Alessandro Conforti, Giacomo Emmi, Francesca Li Gobbi, Giovanni Rosario Biasi, Riccardo Terribili, Piero Ruscitti, Emanuela Del Giudice, Samar Tharwat, Antonio Luca Brucato, Benson Ogunjimi, Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola, Alberto Balistreri, Claudia Fabiani, Bruno Frediani, and Luca Cantarini
Subjects: autoinflammatory diseases, FMF, tumor, neoplasm, rare diseases, treatment, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
Abstract: ObjectiveInflammation has been associated with an increased risk for cancer development, while innate immune system activation could counteract the risk for malignancies. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a severe systemic inflammatory condition and also represents the archetype of innate immunity deregulation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the risk for cancer development in FMF.MethodsThe risk ratio (RR) for malignancies was separately compared between FMF patients and fibromyalgia subjects, Still’s disease patients and Behçet’s disease patients. Clinical variables associated with cancer development in FMF patients were searched through binary logistic regression.Results580 FMF patients and 102 fibromyalgia subjects, 1012 Behçet’s disease patients and 497 Still’s disease patients were enrolled. The RR for the occurrence of malignant neoplasms was 0.26 (95% Confidence Interval [CI.] 0.10-0.73, p=0.006) in patients with FMF compared to fibromyalgia subjects; the RR for the occurrence of malignant cancer was 0.51 (95% CI. 0.23-1.16, p=0.10) in FMF compared to Still’s disease and 0.60 (95% CI. 0.29-1.28, p=0.18) in FMF compared to Behçet’s disease. At logistic regression, the risk of occurrence of malignant neoplasms in FMF patients was associated with the age at disease onset (β1 = 0.039, 95% CI. 0.001-0.071, p=0.02), the age at the diagnosis (β1 = 0.048, 95% CI. 0.039-0.085, p=0.006), the age at the enrolment (β1 = 0.05, 95% CI. 0.007-0.068, p=0.01), the number of attacks per year (β1 = 0.011, 95% CI. 0.001- 0.019, p=0.008), the use of biotechnological agents (β1 = 1.77, 95% CI. 0.43-3.19, p=0.009), the use of anti-IL-1 agents (β1 = 2.089, 95% CI. 0.7-3.5, p=0.002).ConclusionsThe risk for cancer is reduced in Caucasic FMF patients; however, when malignant neoplasms occur, this is more frequent in FMF cases suffering from a severe disease phenotype and presenting a colchicine-resistant disease.
Published: 2024
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2. Cough and urticarial rash in an 11-year-old child

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino and Alma Nunzia Olivieri
Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962
Published: 2023
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3. Back pain and erythema nodosum in a 9-year-old child

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino and Alma Nunzia Olivieri
Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962
Published: 2022
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4. A case report of a boy suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus and familial Mediterranean fever

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Dario Iafusco, Angela Zanfardino, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, and Alma Nunzia Olivieri
Subjects: Recurrent fever, Abdominal pain, Arthritis, Diabetes mellitus, Colchicine, Anti interleukin 1 drugs, Pediatrics, RJ1-570
Abstract: Abstract Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus could be associated with other autoimmune diseases, such as autoimmune thyroid disease, celiac disease, but the association with Familial Mediterranean Fever is rare, we describe a case of a boy with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus associated with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). Case presentation A 13 year old boy already suffering from Diabetes Mellitus type 1 since the age of 4 years, came to our attention because of periodic fever associated with abdominal pain, chest pain and arthralgia. The fever appeared every 15–30 days with peaks that reached 40 °C and lasted 24–48 h. Laboratory investigation, were normal between febrile episodes, but during the attacks revealed an increase in inflammatory markers. Suspecting Familial Mediterranean Fever molecular analysis of MEFV gene, was performed. The genetic analysis showed homozygous E148Q mutation. So Familial Mediterranean Fever was diagnosed and colchicine treatment was started with good response. Conclusion Familial Mediterranean Fever could be associated with other autoimmune diseases such as Ankylosing Spondylitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Polyarteritis Nodosa, Behcet disease, Systemic Lupus, Henoch-Schönlein Purpura, and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Association of type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Familial Mediterranean Fever has been newly reported in the medical literature, this is the third association of these two diseases described in the medical literature so far.
Published: 2021
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5. Spondylodiscitis complicated by paraspinal abscess in a 10-year-old child

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Nicoletta Di Maio, and Anna Di Sessa
Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962
Published: 2021
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6. Characterization and Comparison of Ocular Surface Microbiome in Newborns

Author: Francesco Petrillo, Arianna Petrillo, Maddalena Marrapodi, Carlo Capristo, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Paolo Montaldo, Elisabetta Caredda, Michele Reibaldi, Lara M. V. Boatti, Federica Dell’Annunziata, Veronica Folliero, and Marilena Galdiero
Subjects: ocular surface microbiota, 16S rRNA sequencing, newborn, bacteria, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract: The ocular microbiome is of fundamental importance for immune eye homeostasis, and its alteration would lead to an impairment of ocular functionality. Little evidence is reported on the composition of the ocular microbiota of term infants and on the impact of antibiotic prophylaxis. Methods: A total of 20 conjunctival swabs were collected from newborns at birth and after antibiotic treatment. Samples were subjected to 16S rRNA sequencing via system MiSeq Illumina. The data were processed with the MicrobAT software and statistical analysis were performed using two-way ANOVA. Results: Antibiotic prophylaxis with gentamicin altered the composition of the microbiota. In detail, a 1.5- and 2.01-fold reduction was recorded for Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) and Massilia timonae (M. timonae), respectively, whereas an increase in Staphylococcus spp. of 6.5 times occurred after antibiotic exposure. Conclusions: Antibiotic prophylaxis altered the ocular microbiota whose understanding could avoid adverse effects on eye health.
Published: 2022
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7. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: a case report

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Mario Diplomatico, Carmela Granato, Daniela Capalbo, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, and Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice
Subjects: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, CRMO, Bone pain, Pediatrics, RJ1-570
Abstract: Abstract Background Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO), also known as chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis, is a rare, noninfectious inflammatory disorder that causes multifocal bone lesions with swelling and pain. Lytic and sclerotic bone lesions could be found on X-ray. Short tau inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging (STIR MRI) shows bone marrow oedema, bone expansion, lytic areas and periosteal reaction. CRMO is characterized by periodic exacerbations and remissions of unclear/unknown pathogenesis. Case presentation A 10 years old girl, suffering from pain in her right shoulder since the age of 9 years presented to our Department. Thanks to clinical data, laboratoristic and radiological findings and bone biopsy CRMO was diagnosed. So patient started anti-inflammatory treatment and her conditions improved. Conclusions In a child with bone pain should be considered also rare condition as CRMO to perform a correct diagnosis and start an adequate treatment avoiding complications such as bone damage. This condition should be suspected in a child with recurrent bone pain, modest increase of inflammatory indices, lytic or sclerotic bone lesion on X Ray. Typical CRMO localizations are metaphyses of long bones, pelvis, clavicle, vertebral column, sternum, ribs, jaw, but any bone can be involved. The most common CRMO differential diagnosis is represented by infections, malignant bone tumors, Langerhans Cells Histiocytosis (LCH).
Published: 2018
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8. Oral Manifestations in Scurvy Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review and a Case Report

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Antonio Romano, Speranza Cioffi, Fausto Fiori, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Alberta Lucchese, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, and Rosario Serpico
Subjects: clinical manifestations, gingival disorders, oral scurvy, scurvy, vitamin C deficiency, Technology, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Physics, QC1-999, Chemistry, QD1-999
Abstract: Scurvy is generated by lack of vitamin C; although it is considered a rare and past disease, scurvy continues to be detected in children with neurodevelopmental disorders and with selective diet habits. Identifying scurvy can be demanding due to the perceived rarity of the condition, and it can become a tricky diagnostic question given to the variety of nonspecific symptoms, including gingival manifestations. This study aims to identify most common clinical features in order to provide a complete picture of the signs and symptoms, and to offer clinicians the diagnostic tools for identifying patients suffering from scurvy. We present a case report of a child affected by scurvy; it has also been performed as a systematic review about scurvy in pediatric population. A search yielded 107 relevant studies since 1990. Most of the identified cases have shown oral, musculoskeletal and cutaneous manifestation that improved within a few days of starting vitamin C therapy. Identifying scurvy’s characteristic clinical features allows a timely diagnosis, thus avoiding invasive investigations. Pediatric dentists should possess adequate knowledge and experience to identify the main characteristics of scurvy. This can help facilitate a prompt diagnosis in order to provide timely intervention to the patient that is relatively ease and safe.
Published: 2021
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9. Proceedings of the 24th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: Part three

Author: Erato Atsali, Dimitra Kassara, Pelagia Katsimbri, Sorina Boiu, Dimitrios T. Boumpas, Vana Papaevangelou, Olena A. Oshlyanska, Ludmila I. Omelchenko, Tatiana A. Ljudvik, Katerina Bouchalova, Marcel Schüller, Jana Franova, Jarmila Skotakova, Marie Macku, Antoni Fellas, Fiona Hawke, Derek Santos, Andrea Coda, Anthi Kelempisioti, Paula Keskitalo, Virpi Glumoff, Petri Kulmala, Paula Vahasalo, Mohammed A. Mozaffar, Asraa K. Turkistani, Samaa O. Sangoof, Vladislav Sevostyanov, Elena Zholobova, Evangelia Bountouvi, konstantinos Theodoropoulos, Renata Moutsiou, Christina Tsalapaki, Talia Diaz, Sofia Osorio, Maria Teresa Braña, Yuridiana Ramirez, Luis Aparicio, Andres Rodriguez, Enrique Faugier, Rocio Maldonado, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Carmela Granato, Giulia Macchini, Daniela Capalbo, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Nathan Hasson, Achille Marino, Sona Narula, Melissa Lerman, Maria Amelia Muñoz Calonge, Sara Maria Murias Loza, Rosa Maria Alcobendas, Agustin Remesal, Esmeralda Núñez-Cuadros, Rocio Galindo Zavala, Gisela Díaz-Cordovés Rego, Cristina Antúnez Fernández, Yaiza García Molina, Antonio L. Urda Cardona, Nihal Sahin, Habibe S. Durmus, Ayse S. Pinarbasi, Zubeyde Gunduz, Muammer H. Poyrazoglu, Zehra F. Karaman, Turhan Oktem, Mithat Oner, Ruhan Dusunsel, Gordana Susic, Tamara Krstajic, Dragana Vujovic, Nedeljko Radlovic, Zoran Lekovic, Dusica Novakovic, Gordana Milosevski Lomic, Karina Mördrup, Gunilla Hesselstrand, Iva Sorić, Lovro Lamot, Mandica Vidovic, Mirta Lamot, Miroslav Harjacek, Eva Adank, Elvira Cannizzaro Schneider, Eiman Abdalla, Irfan Ullah, L. Jeyaseelan, Reem Abdwani, Laila A. L. Shaqsi, Ibrahim A. l. Zakwani, Antonis Fanouriakis, Mahesh Janarthanan, Dhanarathnamoorthy Vetrichelvan, P. Ramachandran, Sangeetha Geminiganesan, Dinesh Kumar, Subba Rao, Eleni-Maria Papatesta, Despoina Maritsi, Irini Eleftheriou, Maria Tsolia, Olga Vougiouka, Mustafa Çakan, Nuray Aktay Ayaz, Şerife Gül Karadağ, Gonca Keskindemirci, Vladimir Keltsev, Lyudmila Grebenkina, Kwang Nam Kim, Jong Gyun Ahn, Young Dae Kim, Maria Cristina Maggio, Rolando Cimaz, Maria Concetta Failla, Piera Dones, Mirella Collura, Giovanni Corsello, Jung-Woo Rhim, Ki-Hwan Kim, Soo-Young Lee, Seung-Beom Han, Jin-Han Kang, Jae-Hee Chung, Soo-Jung Lee, Dae-Chul Jeong, Andrei Santimov, Regina Rupp, Igor Alekseev, Natalya Plutova, Ekaterina Moskvina, Marina Kruchina, Aleksandra Tarasenko, Natalya Sokolova, Ekaterina Saveleva, Ilia Bogdanov, Dmitrii Ivanov, Tatiana Kandrina, Olga Kopanevich, Anastasiia Grafskaia, Natalia Ignateva, Daria Pulukchu, Natalia Pavlova, Olga Kalashnikova, Tatiana Kornishina, Margarita Dubko, Vyacheslav Chasnyk, Mikhail Kostik, Shama Sowdagar, Janani Sankar, Venkateswari Ramesh, Iulia E. Szabo, Claudia Sirbe, Cristina Pamfil, Laura Damian, Simona Rednic, Maria Deac, Mihaela Sparchez, Ileana Filipescu, Mirela Parvu, Dumitrita Balint, and Ancuta Nicoara
Subjects: Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, RC925-935
Published: 2017
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10. Proceedings of the 23rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: part one

Author: F. De Benedetti, J. Anton, M. Gattorno, H. Lachmann, I. Kone-Paut, S. Ozen, J. Frenkel, A. Simon, A. Zeft, E. Ben-Chetrit, H. M. Hoffman, Y. Joubert, K. Lheritier, A. Speziale, J. Guido, Roberta Caorsi, Federica Penco, Alice Grossi, Antonella Insalaco, Maria Alessio, Giovanni Conti, Federico Marchetti, Alberto Tommasini, Silvana Martino, Romina Gallizzi, Annalisa Salis, Francesca Schena, Francesco Caroli, Alberto Martini, Gianluca Damonte, Isabella Ceccherini, Marco Gattorno, Marie-Louise Frémond, Carolina Uggenti, Lien Van Eyck, Isabelle Melki, Darragh Duffy, Vincent Bondet, Yoann Rose, Bénédicte Neven, Yanick Crow, Mathieu P. Rodero, Yvonne Kusche, Johannes Roth, Katarzyna Barczyk-Kahlert, Giovanna Ferrara, Annalisa Chiocchetti, Silvio Polizzi, Josef Vuch, Diego Vozzi, Anna Mondino, Erica Valencic, Serena Pastore, Andrea Taddio, Flavio Faletra, Umberto Dianzani, Ugo Ramenghi, Qing Zhou, Xiaomin Yu, Erkan Demirkaya, Natalie Deuitch, Deborah Stone, Wanxia Tsai, Amanda Ombrello, Tina Romeo, Elaine F. Remmers, JaeJin Chae, Massimo Gadina, Steven Welch, Seza Ozen, Rezan Topaloglu, Mario Abinun, Daniel L. Kastner, Ivona Aksentijevich, Donatella Vairo, Rosalba Monica Ferraro, Giulia Zani, Jessica Galli, Micaela De Simone, Marco Cattalini, Elisa Fazzi, Silvia Giliani, Ebun Omoyinmi, Ariane Standing, Dorota Rowczenio, Annette Keylock, Sonia Melo Gomes, Fiona Price-Kuehne, Sira Nanthapisal, Claire Murphy, Thomas Cullup, Lucy Jenkins, Kimberly Gilmour, Despina Eleftheriou, Helen Lachmann, Philip Hawkins, Nigel Klein, Paul Brogan, Anita Dhanrajani, Mercedes Chan, Stephanie Pau, Janet Ellsworth, Jaime Guzman, Florence A. Aeschlimann, Marinka Twilt, Simon W. Eng, Shehla Sheikh, Ronald M. Laxer, Diane Hebert, Damien Noone, Christian Pagnoux, Susanne M. Benseler, Rae S. Yeung, Christoph Kessel, Katrin Lippitz, Toni Weinhage, Claas Hinze, Helmut Wittkowski, Dirk Holzinger, Niklas Grün, Dirk Föll, Pieter Van Dijkhuizen, Federica Del Chierico, Clara Malattia, Alessandra Russo, Denise Pires Marafon, Nienke M. ter Haar, Silvia Magni-Manzoni, Sebastiaan J. Vastert, Bruno Dallapiccola, Berent Prakken, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Lorenza Putignani, Berna Eren Fidanci, Kenan Barut, Serap Arıcı, Dogan Simsek, Mustafa Cakan, Ezgi D. Batu, Sezgin Şahin, Ayşenur Kısaarslan, Ebru Yilmaz, Özge Basaran, Ferhat Demir, Kubra Ozturk, Zübeyde Gunduz, Betül Sozeri, Balahan Makay, Nuray Ayaz, Onder Yavascan, Ozlem Aydog, Yelda Bilginer, Zelal Ekinci, Dilek Yıldız, Faysal Gök, Muferret Erguven, Erbil Unsal, Ozgur Kasapcopur, For the FMF Arthritis Vasculitis and Orphan Disease Research in Paediatric Rheumatology (FAVOR), Hafize E. Sönmez, Betül Sözeri, Yonatan Butbul, Seza Özen, Claudia Bracaglia, Giusi Prencipe, Manuela Pardeo, Geneviève Lapeyre, Emiliano Marasco, Walter Ferlin, Robert Nelson, Cristina de Min, N. Ruperto, H. I. Brunner, P. Quartier, T. Constantin, E. Alexeeva, K. Marzan, N. Wulffraat, R. Schneider, S. Padeh, V. Chasnyk, C. Wouters, J. B. Kuemmerle-Deschner, T. Kallinich, B. Lauwerys, E. Haddad, E. Nasonov, M. Trachana, O. Vougiouka, K. Leon, E. Vritzali, A. Martini, D. Lovell, PRINTO/PRCSG, Stefano Volpi, Claudia Pastorino, Francesca Kalli, Alessia Omenetti, Sabrina Chiesa, Arinna Bertoni, Paolo Picco, Gilberto Filaci, Elisabetta Traggiai, Marie-Louise Fremond, Naoki Kitabayashi, Olivero Sacco, Isabelle Meyts, Marie-Anne Morren, Carine Wouters, Eric Legius, Isabelle Callebaut, Christine Bodemer, Frederic Rieux-Laucat, Mathieu Rodero, Nadia Jeremiah, Alexandre Belot, Eric Jeziorski, Didier Bessis, Guilhem Cros, Gillian I. Rice, Bruno Charbit, Anne Hulin, Nihel Khoudour, Consuelo Modesto Caballero, Monique Fabre, Laureline Berteloot, Muriel Le Bourgeois, Philippe Reix, Thierry Walzer, Despina Moshous, Stéphane Blanche, Alain Fischer, Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, K. Annink, N. ter Haar, S. Al-Mayouf, G. Amaryan, K. Barron, S. Benseler, P. Brogan, L. Cantarini, M. Cattalini, A. Cochino, F. Dedeoglu, A. De Jesus, O. Dellacasa, E. Demirkaya, P. Dolezalova, K. Durrant, G. Fabio, R. Gallizzi, R. Goldbach-Mansky, E. Hachulla, V. Hentgen, T. Herlin, M. Hofer, H. Hoffman, A. Insalaco, A. Jansson, I. Koné-Paut, A. Kozlova, J. Kuemmerle-Deschner, R. Laxer, S. Nielsen, I. Nikishina, A. Ombrello, E. Papadopoulou-Alataki, A. Ravelli, D. Rigante, R. Russo, Y. Uziel, Nienke ter Haar, Jerold Jeyaratnam, Anna Simon, Matteo Doglio, Jordi Anton, Consuelo Modesto, Pierre Quartier, Esther Hoppenreijs, Luca Cantarini, Loredana Lepore, Inmaculada Calvo Penades, Christina Boros, Rita Consolini, Donato Rigante, Ricardo Russo, Jana Pachlopnik Schmid, Thirusha Lane, Nicolino Ruperto, Joost Frenkel, Chiara Passarelli, Elisa Pisaneschi, Virginia Messia, Antonio Novelli, Fabrizio Debenedetti, P. A. Brogan, X. Wei, Martina Finetti, Francesca Orlando, Elisabetta Cortis, Angela Miniaci, Nicola Ruperto, Charlotte Eijkelboom, Pavla Dolezalova, Isabelle Koné-Paut, Marija Jelusic-Drazic, Liliana Bezrodnik, Mari Carmen Pinedo, Valda Stanevicha, Marielle van Gijn, Silvia Federici, Hermann Girschick, Gerd Ganser, Susan Nielsen, Troels Herlin, Sulaiman Mohammed Al-Mayouf, Michael Hofer, Jasmin Kuemmerle-Deschner, Susanne Schalm, Annette Jansson, on behalf of PRINTO and Eurofever registry, Marta Marchi, Chiara Marini, Angelo Ravelli, Alberto Garaventa, Sonia Carta, Enrica Balza, Patrizia Castellani, Caterina Pellecchia, Silvia Borghini, Maria Libera Trotta, Anna Rubartelli, Andrew Henrey, Thomas Loughin, Roberta Berard, Natalie Shiff, Roman Jurencak, Susanne Benseler, Lori Tucker, on behalf of ReACCh-Out Investigators, Charalampia Papadopoulou, Ying Hong, Petra Krol, Yiannis Ioannou, Clarissa Pilkington, Hema Chaplin, Stephania Simou, Marietta Charakida, Lucy Wedderburn, Lynn R. Spiegel, Sara Ahola Kohut, Jennifer Stinson, Paula Forgeron, Miriam Kaufman, Nadia Luca, Khush Amaria, Mary Bell, J Swart, F. Boris, E. Castagnola, A. Groll, G. Giancane, G. Horneff, H. I. Huppertz, T. Wolfs, E. Alekseeva, V. Panaviene, F. Uettwiller, V. Stanevicha, L. M. Ailioaie, E. Tsitami, S. Kamphuis, G. Susic, F. Sztajnbok, B. Flato, A. Pistorio, Stephanie J. W. Shoop, Suzanne M. M. Verstappen, Janet E. McDonagh, Wendy Thomson, Kimme L. Hyrich, CAPS, Maarit Tarkiainen, Pirjo Tynjala, Pekka Lahdenne, Janne Martikainen, Acute-JIA Study Group, Meredyth Wilkinson, Christopher Piper, Georg Otto, Claire T. Deakin, Stefanie Dowle, Stefania Simou, Daniel Kelberman, Claudia Mauri, Elizabeth Jury, David Isenberg, Lucy R. Wedderburn, Kiran Nistala, I. Foeldvari, D. J. Lovell, G. Simonini, M. Bereswill, J. Kalabic, Kiem Oen, Brian M. Feldman, Brenden Dufault, Jennifer Lee, Karen Watanabe Duffy, Ciaran Duffy, ReACCh-Out Investigators, N. Tzaribachev, G. Vega-Cornejo, I. Louw, A. Berman, I. Calvo, R. Cuttica, F. Avila-Zapata, R. Cimaz, E. Solau-Gervais, R. Joos, G. Espada, X. Li, M. Nys, R. Wong, S. Banerjee, For Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO)/Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Rebecca Nicolai, Margherita Verardo, Adele D’Amico, Luisa Bracci-Laudiero, Gian Marco Moneta, Gillian Rice, Anne-Laure Mathieu, Sulliman O. Omarjee, Tracy A. Briggs, James O’Sullivan, Simon Williams, Rolando Cimaz, Eve Smith, Michael W. Beresford, Yanick J. Crow, GENIAL Investigators, UK JSLE Study Group, Madeleine Rooney, Nick Bishop, joyce davidson, Clarissa pilkington, Michael Beresford, Jacqui Clinch, Rangaraj Satyapal, Helen Foster, Janet Gardner Medwin, Janet McDonagh, Sue Wyatt, On Behalf of the British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Valentina Litta Modignani, Francesco Baldo, Stefano Lanni, Alessandro Consolaro, Giovanni Filocamo, Helen J. Lachmann, on behalf of Eurofever Registry, Gianmarco Moneta, Camilla Celani, Bilade Cherqaoui, Linda Rossi-Semerano, Perrine Dusser, Véronique Hentgen, Claire Grimwood, Linda Rossi, Isabelle Kone Paut, Veronique Hentgen, Denise Lasigliè, Denise Ferrera, Giulia Amico, Marco Di Duca, Laura Obici, Roberto Ravazzolo, Ryuta Nishikomori, Juan Arostegui, Andrea Petretto, Chiara Lavarello, Elvira Inglese, Federica Vanoni, Michaël Hofer, on behalf of EUROFEVER PROJECT, P. N. Hawkins, T. van der Poll, U. A. Walker, H. H. Tilson, Pascal N. Tyrrell, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, Norbert Blank, Hal M. Hoffman, Elisabeth Weissbarth-Riedel, Boris Huegle, Tilmann Kallinich, Ahmet Gul, Marlen Oswald, Fatma Dedeoglu, Aki Hanaya, Takako Miyamae, Manabu Kawamoto, Yumi Tani, Takuma Hara, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Satoru Nagata, Hisashi Yamanaka, Almira Ćosićkić, Fahrija Skokić, Belkisa Čolić, Sanimir Suljendić, Anna Kozlova, Irina Mersiyanova, Mariya Panina, Lily Hachtryan, Vasiliy Burlakov, Elena Raikina, Alexey Maschan, Anna Shcherbina, Banu Acar, Meryem Albayrak, Betul Sozeri, Sezgin Sahin, Amra Adrovic, Nese Inan, Serhan Sevgi, Caroline M. Andreasen, Anne Grethe Jurik, Mia B. Glerup, Christian Høst, Birgitte T. Mahler, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge, Cecilia Lazea, Laura Damian, Calin Lazar, Rodica Manasia, Chloe M. Stephenson, Vimal Prajapati, Paivi M. Miettunen, Dilek Yılmaz, Yavuz Tokgöz, Yasin Bulut, Harun Çakmak, Ferah Sönmez, Elif Comak, Gülşah Kaya Aksoy, Mustafa Koyun, Sema Akman, Yunus Arıkan, Ender Terzioğlu, Osman Nidai Özdeş, İbrahim Keser, Hüseyin Koçak, Ayşen Bingöl, Aygen Yılmaz, Reha Artan, X. Xu, Fatemeh F. Mehregan, Vahid Ziaee, Mohammad H. Moradinejad, Francesco La Torre, Clotilde Alizzi, Pio D’Adamo, G. Junge, J. Gregson, Hasmik Sargsyan, Hulya Zengin, Berna E. Fidanci, Cagla Kaymakamgil, Dilek Konukbay, Dilek Yildiz, Faysal Gok, Iris Stoler, Judith Freytag, Banu Orak, Christine Seib, Lars Esmann, Eva Seipelt, Faekah Gohar, Dirk Foell, Ismail Dursun, Sebahat Tulpar, Sibel Yel, Demet Kartal, Murat Borlu, Funda Bastug, Hakan Poyrazoglu, Zubeyde Gunduz, Kader Kose, Mehmet E. Yuksel, Abdullah Calıskan, Ahmet B. Cekgeloglu, Ruhan Dusunsel, Katerina Bouchalova, Jana Franova, Marcel Schuller, Marie Macku, Katerina Theodoropoulou, Raffaella Carlomagno, Annette von Scheven-Gête, Claudia Poloni, Laura O. Damian, Dan Cosma, Amanda Radulescu, Dan Vasilescu, Liliana Rogojan, Simona Rednic, Mihaela Lupse, Lien De Somer, Pierre Moens, Rocio Galindo Zavala, Laura Martín Pedraz, Esmeralda Núñez Cuadros, Gisela Díaz-Cordovés Rego, Antonio L. Urda Cardona, Ilaria Dal Forno, Sara Pieropan, Ombretta Viapiana, Davide Gatti, Gloria Dallagiacoma, Paola Caramaschi, Domenico Biasi, Daniel Windschall, Ralf Trauzeddel, Hartwig Lehmann, Rainer Berendes, Maria Haller, Manuela Krumrey-Langkammerer, Antje Nimtz-Talaska, Philipp Schoof, Ralf Felix Trauzeddel, Christine Nirschl, Estefania Quesada-Masachs, Carla Aguilar Blancafort, Sara Marsal Barril, Francisca Aguiar, Rita Fonseca, Duarte Alves, Ana Vieira, Alberto Vieira, Jorge A. Dias, Iva Brito, Gordana Susic, Vera Milic, Goran Radunovic, Ivan Boricic, Pauline Marteau, Catherine Adamsbaum, Michel De Bandt, Irène Lemelle, Chantal Deslandre, Tu Anh Tran, Anne Lohse, Elisabeth Solau-Gervais, Pascal Pillet, Julien Wipff, Cécile Gaujoux-Viala, Sylvain Breton, Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec, Sandra Gran, Olesja Fehler, Stefanie Zenker, Michael Schäfers, Thomas Vogl, Severine Guillaume Czitrom, EH Pieter Van Dijkhuizen, Silvia Magni Manzoni, Francesca Magnaguagno, Laura Tanturri de Horatio, Nienke M. Ter Haar, Annemieke S. Littooij, Vitor A. Teixeira, Raquel Campanilho-Marques, Ana F. Mourão, Filipa O. Ramos, Manuela Costa, Wafa A. Madan, Orla G. Killeen, Adriana Rodriguez Vidal, Diana Sueiro Delgado, Maria Isabel Gonzalez Fernandez, Berta Lopez Montesinos, Aleksey Kozhevnikov, Nina Pozdeeva, Mikhail Konev, Evgeniy Melchenko, Vladimir Kenis, Gennadiy Novik, Aysenur Pac Kısaarslan, Butsabong Lerkvaleekul, Suphaneewan Jaovisidha, Witaya Sungkarat, Niyata Chitrapazt, Praman Fuangfa, Thumanoon Ruangchaijatuporn, Soamarat Vilaiyuk, Dan Ø. Pradsgaard, Arne Hørlyck, Anne H. Spannow, Carsten W. Heuck, Talia Diaz, Fernando Garcia, Lorenia De La Cruz, Nadina Rubio, Joanna Świdrowska-Jaros, Elzbieta Smolewska, Mirta Lamot, Lovro Lamot, Mandica Vidovic, Edi Paleka Bosak, Ivana Rados, Miroslav Harjacek, Nikolay Tzaribachev, Polymnia Louka, Romiesa Hagoug, Chiara Trentin, Olga Kubassova, Mark Hinton, Mikael Boesen, Olena A. Oshlianska, Illya A. Chaikovsky, G. Mjasnikov, A. Kazmirchyk, Umberto Garagiola, Irene Borzani, Paolo Cressoni, Fabrizia Corona, Eszter Dzsida, Giampietro Farronato, Antonella Petaccia, Alenka Gagro, Agneza Marija Pasini, Goran Roic, Ozren Vrdoljak, Lucija Lujic, Matija Zutelija-Fattorini, Monika M. Esser, Deepthi R. Abraham, Craig Kinnear, Glenda Durrheim, Mike Urban, Eileen Hoal, Victoria B. Nikolayenko, Kubilay Şahin, Yasar Karaaslan, Adele Civino, Giovanni Alighieri, Sergio Davì, Roberto Rondelli, Andrea Magnolato, Francesca Ricci, Alma Olivieri, Valeria Gerloni, Bianca Lattanzi, Francesca Soscia, Alessandro De Fanti, Stefania Citiso, Lorenzo Quartulli, Maria Cristina Maggio, Manuela Marsili, Maria Antonietta Pelagatti, Valentino Conter, Franca Fagioli, Andrea Pession, Marco Garrone, Mariangela Rinaldi, Jaime De Inocencio, Stella Garay, Daniel J. Lovell, Berit Flato, EPOCA Study Group, Angela Aquilani, Simona Cascioli, Ivan Caiello, Denise Pires-Marafón, Rita Carsetti, Emily Robinson, Salvatore Albani, Wilco de Jager, Sytze de Roock, Trang Duong, Justine Ellis, Kimme Hyrich, Laetitia Jervis, Daniel Lovell, Lucy Marshall, Elizabeth D. Mellins, Kirsten Minden, Jane Munro, Peter A. Nigrovic, Jason Palman, Sunil Sampath, Laura E. Schanberg, Susan D. Thompson, Richard Vesely, Chris Wallace, Chris Williams, Qiong Wu, Nico Wulffraat, Rae S. M. Yeung, M. B. Seyger, D. Arikan, J. K. Anderson, A. Lazar, D. A. Williams, C. Wang, R. Tarzynski-Potempa, J. S. Hymans, Gabriele Simonini, Erika Scoccimarro, Irene Pontikaki, Teresa Giani, Alessandro Ventura, Pier Luigi Meroni, Gaetana Minnone, Marzia Soligo, Luigi Manni, Luisa Bracci Laudiero, Noortje Groot, I. Grein, N. M. Wulffraat, R. Schepp, G. Berbers, C. C. Barbosa Sandoval de Souza, V. Paes Leme Ferriani, G. Pileggi, S. de Roock, Ingrid H. R. Grein, Silvia Scala, Elisa Patrone, Casper Schoemaker, on behalf of Dutch JIA patient organization, Wendy Costello, on behalf of ENCA, Suzanne Parsons, Jean-David Cohen, Damien Bentayou, Marc-Antoine Bernard Brunel, Sonia Trope, Jens Klotsche, Miriam Listing, Martina Niewerth, Gerd Horneff, Angelika Thon, Hans-Iko Huppertz, Kirsten Mönkemöller, Ivan Foeldvari, ICON study group, Achille Marino, Stefano Stagi, Niccolò Carli, Federico Bertini, Adriana S. Díaz-Maldonado, Sally Pino, Pilar Guarnizo, Alfonso Ragnar Torres-Jimenez, Berenice Sanchez-Jara, Eunice Solis-Vallejo, Adriana Ivonne Cespedes-Cruz, Maritza Zeferino-Cruz, Julia Veronica Ramirez-Miramontes, Ankur Kumar, Anju Gupta, Deepti Suri, Amit Rawat, Nandita Kakkar, Surjit Singh, Özge A. Gücenmez, Erbil Ünsal, Bo Magnusson, Karina Mördrup, Anna Vermé, Christina Peterson, Board of the Swedish Pediatric Rheumatology Registry, Caroline Freychet, Jean Louis Stephan, Cathryn E. Harkness, Leanne Foster, Emma Henry, Pauline Taggart, Coskun F. Ozkececi, Esra Kurt, Gokalp Basbozkurt, Daiva Gorczyca, Jacek Postępski, Aleksandra Czajkowska, Bogumiła Szponar, Mariola Paściak, Anna Gruenpeter, Iwona Lachór-Motyka, Daria Augustyniak, Edyta Olesińska, Emediong S. Asuka, Tatyana Golovko, Samuel U. Aliejim, Emilio Inarejos Clemente, Estibaliz Iglesias Jimenez, Joan Calzada Hernandez, Sergi Borlan Fernandez, Clara Gimenez Roca, David Moreno Romo, Natalia Rodriguez Nieva, Juan Manuel Mosquera Angarita, Jordi Anton Lopez, Esmeralda Nuñez-Cuadros, Gisela Diaz-Cordovés, Rocío Galindo-Zavala, Antonio Urda-Cardona, Antonio Fernández-Nebro, Daniel Álvarez de la Sierra, Marina Garcia Prat, Mónica Martínez Gallo, Ricardo Pujol Borrell, Ana M. Marín Sánchez, Etienne Merlin, Sylvie Fraitag, Jean-Louis Stephan, Federico Annoni, Giancarla Di Landro, Sofia Torreggiani, Marta Torcoletti, Georgina Tiller, Jo Buckle, Angela Cox, Peter Gowdie, Roger C. Allen, Jonathan D. Akikusa, Hayde G. Hernández-Huirache, Edel R. Rodea-Montero, William Fahy, Christelle Sordet, Karin B. Berggren, Johanna T. Kembe, Joyce Bos, Wineke Armbrust, Marco van Brussel, Jeanette Cappon, Pieter Dijkstra, Jan Geertzen, Elizabeth Legger, Marion van Rossum, Pieter Sauer, Otto Lelieveld, Levent Buluc, Gur Akansel, Bahar Muezzinoglu, Ljubov Rychkova, Tatyana Knyazeva, Anna Pogodina, Tatyana Belova, Tamara Mandzyak, Ekaterina Kulesh, Alessandro Cafarotti, Cosimo Giannini, Roberta Salvatore, Giuseppe Lapergola, Caterina Di Battista, Maria Loredana Marcovecchio, Raffaella Basilico, Piernicola Pelliccia, Francesco Chiarelli, Luciana Breda, Beverley Almeida, Sarah Tansley, Harsha Gunawardena, Neil McHugh, Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group (JDRG), Jessie Aouizerate, Marie De Antonio, Christine Barnerias, Guillaume Bassez, Isabelle Desguerre, Romain Gherardi, Jean-Luc Charuel, François-Jérôme Authier, Cyril Gitiaux, C. H. Spencer, Rabheh Abdul Aziz, Chack-Yung Yu, Brent Adler, Sharon Bout-Tabaku, Katherine Lintner, Melissa Moore-Clingenpeel, Liza McCann, Nicola Ambrose, Mario Cortina-Borja, Juvenile Dermatomyositis Cohort and Biomarker Study (JCDBS), Prasad T. Oommen, Fabian Speth, Johannes-Peter Haas, Working Group “Juvenile Dermatomyositis” of the German Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology (GKJR), Claudio Lavarello, Gabriella Giancane, Angela Pistorio, Lisa Rider, Rohit Aggarwal, Sheila K. Oliveira, Ruben Cuttica, Michel Fischbach, Gary Sterba, Karine Brochard, Frank Dressler, Patrizia Barone, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Elizabeth Candell Chalom, Marine Desjonqueres, Graciela Espada, Anders Fasth, Stella Maris Garay, Rose-Marie Herbigneaux, Claire Hoyoux, Chantal Job Deslandre, Frederick W. Miller, Jiri Vencovsky, Erdal Sag, Gulsev Kale, Haluk Topaloglu, Beril Talim, Francesco Zulian, Tadej Avcin, Roberto Marini, Anne Pagnier, Michel Rodiere, Christine Soler, Rebecca Ten Cate, Yosef Uziel, Jelena Vojinovic, Ana V. Villarreal, Nydia Acevedo, Yuridiana Ramirez, Enrique Faugier, Rocio Maldonado, Bita Arabshahi, John H. Lee, Ian Leibowitz, Lawrence O. Okong’o, Jo Wilmshurst, Monika Esser, Christiaan Scott, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Nagehan Emiroglu, Hafize Emine Sonmez, Gokcen Dilsa Tugcu, Zehra Serap Arici, Ebru Yalcin, Deniz Dogru, Ugur Ozcelik, Mithat Haliloglu, Nural Kiper, Masato Yashiro, Mutsuko Yamada, Toshihiko Yabuuchi, Tomonobu Kikkawa, Nobuyuki Nosaka, Yosuke Fujii, Yukie Saito, Hirokazu Tsukahara, Sulaiman M. Al-Mayouf, Nora AlMutiari, Mohammed Muzaffer, Rawiah shehata, Adel Al-Wahadneh, Reem Abdwani, Safia Al-Abrawi, Mohammed Abu-shukair, Zeyad El-Habahbeh, Abdullah Alsonbul, Aleksandra Szabat, Monika Chęć, Violetta Opoka-Winiarska, Biman Saikia, Ranjana W. Minz, Christine Arango, Clara Malagon, Maria D. P. Gomez, Angela C. Mosquera, Ricardo Yepez, Tatiana Gonzalez, Camilo Vargas, GRIP study group, Marta Balzarin, Biagio Castaldi, Elena Reffo, Francesca Sperotto, Giorgia Martini, Alessandra Meneghel, Ornella Milanesi, Ozgur Kasapçopur, Maria Teresa Terreri, Ekaterina Alexeeva, Maria Katsicas, Mikhail Kostik, Thomas Lehman, W.-Alberto Sifuentes-Giraldo, Vanessa Smith, Flavio Sztajnbok, Tadey Avcin, Maria Jose Santos, Dana Nemcova, Cristina Battagliotti, Liora Harel, Mahesh Janarthanan, Kathryn Torok, Nicola Helmus, Eileen Baildem, Michael Blakley, Kim Fligelstone, Antonia Kienast, Clare Pain, Amanda Saracino, Gabriele Simoni, Lisa Weibel, Maria K. Osminina, Nathalia A. Geppe, Olga V. Niconorova, Olesya V. Karashtina, Oksana V. Abbyasova, Olga V. Shpitonkova, Sinem Durmus, Hafize Uzun, Angela Mauro, Eleonora Fanti, Fabio Voller, Franca Rusconi, Fernando Garcia-Rodriguez, Ana V. Villarreal-Treviño, Angel J. Flores-Pineda, Paola B. Lara-Herrea, Diego R. Salinas-Encinas, Talia Diaz-Prieto, Maria R. Maldonado-Velazquez, Sarbelio Moreno-Espinosa, Enrique Faugier-Fuentes, Mirella Crapanzano, Ilaria Parissenti, Man S. Parihar, Pandiarajan Vignesh, ManojKumar Rohit, Kavitha Gopalan, Savita V. Attri, Alan Salama, David Jayne, Mark Little, Yulia Kostina, Galina Lyskina, Olga Shpitonkova, Alena Torbyak, Olga Shirinsky, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Maria Cristina Smaldone, Mario Diplomatico, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, C H. Spencer, Richard McClead, Hiren Patel, Chung-Yung Yu, Dita Cebecauerová, Tomáš Dallos, Edita Kabíčková, Martin Kynčl, Daniela Chroustová, Jozef Hoza, Dana Němcová, Vladimír Tesař, Pavla Doležalová, Tuncay Hazirolan, Fatih Ozaltin, Fabiola Almeida, Isabela H. Faria de Paula, Maíra M. Sampaio, Fernando N. Arita, Andressa G. Alves, Maria Carolina Santos, Eunice M. Okuda, Silvana B. Sacchetti, Fernanda Falcini, Marini Francesca, Gemma Lepri, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Maria Luisa Brandi, Hakan Kisaoglu, Sema Misir, Selim Demir, Yuksel Aliyazicioglu, Mukaddes Kalyoncu, Carlos Eduardo Ramalho, Fabiola D. Almeida, Joan Calzada-Hernández, Rosa Bou, Estíbaliz Iglesias, Judith Sánchez-Manubens, Fredy Hermógenes Prada Martínez, Clara Giménez Roca, Sergi Borlan Fernández, Marek Bohm, Kamran Mahmood, Valentina Leone, Mark Wood, Ken-Ichi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Fujikawa, Working Group of Behçet’s Disease, Pediatric Rheumatology Association of Japan (PRAJ), Kyu Yeun Kim, Do Young Kim, Dong Soo Kim, Maka Ioseliani, Ivane Chkhaidze, Maia Lekishvili, Nana Tskhakaia, Shorena Tvalabeishvili, Aleksandre Kajrishvili, Maiko Takakura, Masaki Shimizu, Natsumi Inoue, Mao Mizuta, Akihiro Yachie, Giovanni Corsello, Maryam Piram, Carla Maldini, Sandra Biscardi, Nathalie Desuremain, Catherine Orzechowski, Emilie Georget, Delphine Regnard, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Alfred Mahr, Mihaela Sparchez, Zeno Sparchez, Nydia Acevedo Silva, Ana V. Villarreal Treviño, Yuridiana Ramirez Loyola, Talia Diaz Prieto, Enrique Faugier Fuentes, Maria D. R. Maldonado Velazquez, Pilar Perez, Sagar Bhattad, Ranjana Minz, Jitendra Shandilya, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Ana Villarreal, Yuridiana Ramírez, Zeynep Birsin Özçakar, Suat Fitoz, Fatos Yalcinkaya, Annacarin Horne, Francesca Minoia, Francesca Bovis, Sergio Davi, Priyankar Pal, Kimo Stein, Sandra Enciso, Michael Jeng, Despoina Maritsi, Randy C. Cron, Anne Thorwarth, Sae Lim von Stuckrad, Angela Rösen-Wolff, Hella Luksch, Patrick Hundsdoerfer, Peter Krawitz, Nuray Aktay Ayaz, Doğan Simsek, Şebnem Sara Kılıc, Emine Sonmez, Aysenur Pac Kisaarslan, Ozge Altug Gucenmez, Z. Serap Arıcı, Fatih Kelesoglu, Zelal Ekinci Ekinci, Maria Miranda-Garcia, Carolin Pretzer, Michael Frosch, F. Gohar, Angela McArdle, Niamh Callan, Belinda Hernandez, Miha Lavric, Oliver FitzGerald, Stephen R. Pennington, Joachim Peitz, Joern Kekow, Ariane Klein, Anna C. Schulz, Frank Weller-Heinemann, Anton Hospach, J-Peter Haas, BIKER collaborative group, Karen Put, Jessica Vandenhaute, Anneleen Avau, Annemarie van Nieuwenhuijze, Ellen Brisse, Tim Dierckx, Omer Rutgeerts, Josselyn E. Garcia-Perez, Jaan Toelen, Mark Waer, Georges Leclercq, An Goris, Johan Van Weyenbergh, Adrian Liston, Patrick Matthys, Carine H. Wouters, Yasuo Nakagishi, Michael J. Ombrello, Victoria Arthur, Anne Hinks, Patricia Woo, International Childhood Arthritis Genetics (INCHARGE) Consortium, Barbara Stanimirovic, Biljana Djurdjevic-Banjac, Olivera Ljuboja, Boris Hugle, MArgarita Onoufriou, Olga Vougiouka, Kenza Bouayed, Sanae El Hani, Imane Hafid, Nabiha Mikou, Nunu Shelia, Mari Laan, Jaanika Ilisson, and Chris Pruunsild
Subjects: Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, RC925-935
Published: 2017
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11. Proceedings of the 23rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: part three

Author: Riccardo Papa, Alessandro Consolaro, Francesca Minoia, Roberta Caorsi, Gianmichele Magnano, Marco Gattorno, Angelo Ravelli, Paolo Picco, Roberto Pillon, Denise Pires Marafon, Lidia Meli, Claudia Bracaglia, Andrea Taddio, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Enes Turan, Sara Sebnem Kilic, Yasuhiko Itoh, Tomoko Shigemori, Shingo Yamanishi, Hidehiko Nagasaki, Ela Tarakci, Nilay Arman, Devrim Tarakci, Yusuf S. Akgul, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Emily Wilson, Hanna Lythgoe, Eve Smith, Jenny Preston, Michael W. Beresford, Lynn R. Spiegel, Jennifer Stinson, Mark Connelly, Adam Huber, Nadia Luca, Argerie Tsimicalis, Stephanie Luca, Naweed Tajuddin, Roberta Berard, Julie Barsalou, Sarah Campillo, Brian Feldman, Shirley Tse, Paul Dancey, Ciaran Duffy, Nicole Johnson, Patrick McGrath, Natalie Shiff, Lori Tucker, Charles Victor, Chitra Lalloo, Lauren Harris, Joseph Cafazzo, Kristin Houghton, Ronald Laxer, Madeleine Rooney, Roisin Campbell, Catherine Wright, Wineke Armbrust, Otto Lelieveld, Jolanda Tuinstra, Nico Wulffraat, Joyce Bos, Jeanette Cappon, Marion van Rossum, Mariët Hagedoorn, Anna Vermé, Ylva Lampela, Ayse Huri Ozdogan, S. Ugurlu, K. Barut, A. Androvic, O. Kasapçopu, Jody Etheridge, Katie Dobson, Sue Kemp, AnnaCarin Horne, Karin Palmblad, Malin Höglund, Natalia Stepanenko, Svetlana Salugina, Evgeny Fedorov, Irina Nikishina, Maria Kaleda, Kenan Barut, Amra Adrovic, Sezgin Sahin, Laurence Toumoulin, Johnny Frossard, Stephanie Archimbaut, Anne Paitier, Rolande Guastalli, Severine Guillaume Czitrom, Sirirat Charuvanij, Chollada Chaiyadech, Takako Miyamae, Hisashi Yamanaka, Cecile Picard, Guillaume Thouvenin, Caroline Kannengiesser, Jean-Christophe Dubus, Nadia Jeremiah, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Bruno Crestani, Véronique Secq, Christelle Ménard, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Françoise Thivolet-Bejui, Philippe Reix, Alexandre Belot, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Hafize Emine Sonmez, Abdulsamet Erden, Ekim Z. Taskiran, Omer Karadag, Umut Kalyoncu, İbrahim Oncel, Berkan Kaplan, Zehra Serap Arici, Cagri Mesut Temucin, Haluk Topaloglu, Yelda Bilginer, Mehmet Alikasifoglu, Seza Ozen, Lien Van Eyck, Ellen De Langhe, Isabelle Jéru, Erika Van Nieuwenhove, Vasiliki Lagou, Paul J. Baker, Jocelyn Garcia-Perez, James Dooley, Lien De Somer, Raf Sciot, Pierre-Yves Jeandel, Julia Ruuth-Praz, Bruno Copin, Myrna Medley-Hashim, Andre Megarbane, Sinisa Savic, An Goris, Serge Amselem, Adrian Liston, Seth Masters, Carine Wouters, Nami Okamoto, Yuko Sugita, Kousuke Shabana, Takuji Murata, Hiroshi Tamai, Juliana Ferenczová, Erika Banóova, Pavol Mrážik, Veronika Vargova, Dubravko Bajramovic, Ksenija Stekic Novacki, Kristina Potocki, Marijan Frkovic, Marija Jelusic, Olga Kostareva, Svetlana Arsenyeva, Anna Shapovalenko, Lennart Jans, Nele Herregods, Jacob Jaremko, Rik Joos, Joke Dehoorne, Xenofon Baraliakos, Sofia Ramiro, Julio C. Casasola-Vargas, Désirée van der Heijde, Robert Landewé, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Shirley M. Tse, Gerd Horneff, Kristina Unnebrink, Jaclyn K. Anderson, Aysenur Paç Kisaarslan, Betül Sözeri, Zübeyde Gündüz, Gökmen Zararsız, Hakan Poyrazoğlu, Ruhan Düşünsel, Kazutaka Ouchi, Shinji Akioka, Hiroshi Kubo, Norio Nakagawa, Hajime Hosoi, Lovro Lamot, Fran Borovecki, Sanja Kapitanovic, Kristina Gotovac, Mandica Vidovic, Mirta Lamot, Edi Paleka Bosak, Miroslav Harjacek, Ricardo A. Russo, María M. Katsicas, Ruben Burgos Vargas, Ana L. Ortiz-Peyegahud, Zhang Pingping, Mou Yikun, Qi Jun, Jiang Yutong, Gu Jieruo, Mikhail M. Kostik, Shilova Ekaterina, Ilia Avrusin, Yuriy Korin, Olga Kopchak, Eugenia Isupova, Irina Chikova, Panova Tatyana, Margarita Dubko, Vera Masalova, Ludmila Snegireva, Tatyana Kornishina, Olga Kalashnikova, Vyacheslav Chasnyk, Tatyana Likhacheva, N. Ruperto, H. I. Brunner, P. Quartier, T. Constantin, E. Alexeeva, R. Schneider, I. Kone-Paut, K. Schikler, K. Marzan, N. Wulffraat, S. Padeh, V. Chasnyk, C. Wouters, J. B. Kuemmerle-Deschner, T. Kallinich, B. Lauwerys, E. Haddad, E. Nasonov, M. Trachana, O. Vougiouka, K. Leon, A. Speziale, K. Lheritier, E. Vritzali, A. Martini, D. Lovell, PRINTO/PRCSG, Nienke Ter Haar, Rianne Scholman, Wilco de Jager, Tamar Tak, Pieter Leliefeld, Bas Vastert, Sytze de Roock, Ariane de Ganck, Nadia Ryter, Miha Lavric, Dirk Foell, Renee F. Modica, Kathleen G. Lomax, Pamela Batzel, Armelle Cassanas, Melissa E. Elder, Rina Denisova, Ekaterina Alexeeva, Saniya Valieva, Tatyana Bzarova, Kseniya Isayeva, Tatyana Sleptsova, Olga Lomakina, Alexandra Chomahidze, Margarita Soloshenko, Meyry Shingarova, Elena Kachshenko, Wilco De Jager, Sebastiaan J. Vastert, Gerdien Mijnheer, Berent J. Prakken, Nico M. Wulffraat, Hafize E. Sönmez, Asuman N. Karhan, Ezgi D. Batu, Zehra S. Arıcı, Ersin Gümüş, Hülya Demir, Aysel Yüce, Seza Özen, Jasmina Ahluwalia, Bhavneet Bharti, Sweta Rajpal, Varun Uppal, Alaknanda Walia, Surjit S. Samlok, Narender Kumar, Clarissa C. Valões, Beatriz C. Molinari, Ana Claudia G. Pitta, Natali W. Gormezano, Sylvia C. Farhat, Kátia Kozu, Adriana M. Sallum, Simone Appenzeller, Ana Paula Sakamoto, Maria T. Terreri, Rosa M. Pereira, Claudia S. Magalhães, Cássia Maria Barbosa, Francisco Hugo Gomes, Eloisa Bonfá, Clovis A. Silva, Kubra Ozturk, Zelal Ekinci, Maie Helal, Natalia Cabrera, Jean Christophe Lega, Jocelyne Drai, Rene Ecochard, O. V. Shpitonkova, N. S. Podchernyaeva, Y. O. Kostina, N. G. Dashkova, M. K. Osminina, Gozde Yucel, Ahmet Arvas, Nandini Moorthy, Paraskevi Dimou, Angela Midgley, Matthew Peak, Simon C. Satchell, Rachael D. Wright, Rachel Corkhill, Eve M. Smith, Sagar Bhattad, Amit Rawat, Surjit Singh, Anju Gupta, Deepti Suri, Martin de Boer, Taco Kuijpers, Vignesh Pandiarajan, Sapna Sandal, Sebastian Giraldo, Roy Sanguino, Adriana S. Diaz, Selcuk Uzuner, Gizem Durcan, Ali Guven Kilicoglu, Ayhan Bilgic, Kayhan Bahali, Sinem Durmus, Hafize Uzun, Nur Canpolat, Salim Caliskan, Lale Sever, Tomomi Sato, Fuminori Kimura, Wafaa Suwairi, Reem Abdwani, Abdulaziz Al Rowais, Jubran Al qanatish, Abdulrahman Al Asiri, Ekaterina Gaidar, Mikhail Kostik, Elena Serogodskaya, Tatyana Nikitina, Evgenia Isupova, Elham Sardar, Perrine Dusser, Antoine Rousseau, Marc Labetoulle, Emanuel Barreau, Bahram Bodaghi, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Ivan Foeldvari, Jordi Anton, Rosa Bou, Sheila Angeles-Han, Regitze Bangsgaard, Gabriele Brumm, Tamas Constantin, Clive Edelsten, Jens Klotsche, Kirsten Minden, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Susan Nielsen, Gabriele Simonini, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Juan Manuel Mosquera Angarita, Carmen Garcia de Vicuña, Maria Victoria Hernandez, Alfredo Adan, Victor Llorens, Rosa Alcobendas, Susana Noval, Juan Carlos Lopez Robledillo, Isabel Valls, Mari Carmen Pinedo, Alejandro Fonollosa, Jaime de Inocencio, Pilar Tejada, Beatriz Bravo, Manuel Torribio, María Jesús García de Yebenes, Jordi Antón, Uveitis Working Group of the Spanish Pediatric Rheumatology Society, Lorenza Maria Argolini, Irene Pontikaki, Maria Orietta Borghi, Laura Cesana, Barbara Castiglioni, Maurizio Gattinara, Pierluigi Meroni, Pierre Quartier, Veronique Despert, Sylvaine Poignant, Amandine Baptiste, Caroline Elie, Laurent Kodjikian, Dominique Monnet, Michel Weber, Laura Moal, LuuLy Pham, Emmanuel Barreau, Cherif Titah, Pascal Dureau, Vanessa Cecchin, Maria Elisabetta Zannin, Daniele Ferrari, Francesco Comacchio, Rolando Cimaz, Fernanda Falcini, Antonella Petaccia, Stefania Viola, Luciana Breda, Francesco La Torre, Fabio Vittadello, Giorgia Martini, Francesco Zulian, Caroline Galeotti, Guillaume Sarrabay, Olivier Fogel, Isabelle Touitou, Corinne Miceli-Richard, Isabelle Koné-Paut, Hala Etayari, Hashad Soad, Ihab El Kadry, Habibullah Eatamadi, Kais AlAlgawi, Mustafa Al Maini, Khulood Khawaja, Sophie Van den Berghe, Ilse de Schryver, Ann Raes, Lídia L. C. Teixeira, Ana Duarte, Sandra Sousa, Filipe Vinagre, Maria J. Santos, Nataly S. Shevchenko, Ludmila F. Bogmat, Marina V. Demyanenko, Navdha R. Ramchurn, Mark Friswell, Rebecca A. James, Lucy R. Wedderburn, Reshma Pattani, Clarissa A. Pilkington, Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne, Ana V. Villarreal, Nydia Acevedo, Enrique Faugier, Rocio Maldonado, Dilek Yılmaz, Hilal Bektaş Uysal, Elena Kamenets, Ekaterina Zaharova, Stefka Radenska-Lopovok, Joao Nascimento, Helena Sofia, Carla Zilhão, Rui Almeida, Margarida Guedes, Murat Deveci, Svetlana Rodionovskaya, Vera Vinnikova, Irina Tsymbal, Edyta Olesińska, Jacek Postępski, Agnieszka Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz, Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak, Beata Chrapko, Damjana Ključevšek, Nina Emeršič, Nataša Toplak, Tadej Avčin, Faina Rokhlina, Galina Glazyrina, Natalia Kolyadina, Kwangnam Kim, Sinae Eom, Daeyoung Kim, Jungwoo Rhim, Francesca Ricci, Paola Montesano, Barbara Bonafini, Veronica Medeghini, Ilaria Parissenti, Antonella Meini, Marco Cattalini, Paolo Airò, Nataliya Panko, Nataliya Shevchenko, Iryna Lebec, Yevgeniya Zajceva, Sara Rostlund, Marie André, Takuma Hara, Takayuki Kishi, Yumi Tani, Aki Hanaya, Satoru Nagata, Velma Selmanovic, Aida Omercahic-Dizdarevic, Adisa Cengic, Almira Cosickic, Aida Omerčahić Dizdarević, Gemma Lepri, Clara Malattia, Eleonora Bellucci, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Anton Solovyev, Elena Fedotova, Ana Victoria Villarreal, Talia Diaz, Yuridiana Ramirez, Teresa Giani, Achille Marino, Daniel Hunt, Muthana Al Obaidi, Veli Veli, Charalampia Papadopoulou, Jochen Kammermeier, Anna Poluha, Gangadhara C. Bharmappanavara, Alison Kelly, Lindsay Shaw, Giovanna Ferrara, Michele Luzzati, Mattia Giovannini, Liliana Jurado, Juliana Chamorro, Lorena Sarmiento, Ester Conversano, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Giulia Macchini, Carmela Granato, Assunta Tirelli, Alma N. Olivieri, Marija Perica, Lana Tambić Bukovac, Reza Sinaei, Vadood Javadi Parvaneh, Reza Shiari, Khosro Rahmani, Fatemeh F. Mehregan, Mehrnoush Hassas Yeganeh, Inmaculada Calvo Penadés, Berta López Montesinos, Ma Isabel González Fernández, Adriana Rodríguez Vidal, Anand Prahalad Rao, Ayesha Romana, Jyothi Raghuram, Ankur Kumar, Vishali Gupta, Elif Comak, Gülşah Kaya Aksoy, Aygen Yılmaz, Atike Atalay, Mustafa Koyun, Reha Artan, Sema Akman, Maria I. Kaleda, Irina P. Nikishina, Sergei K. Soloviev, Victor A. Malievsky, Ekaterina V. Nikolaeva, Agnieszka Gazda, Beata Kołodziejczyk, Lidia Rutkowska-Sak, Angela Mauro, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Stefano Guarino, and Angela La Manna
Subjects: Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, RC925-935
Published: 2017
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12. A 9‐year‐old child with painful nodules on the leg

Author: Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Maria Francesca Gicchino, and Vincenzo Piccolo
Subjects: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Dermatology
Published: 2023
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13. Determinants of Discordance Between Criteria for Inactive Disease and Low Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Author: Gabriella Giancane, Chiara Campone, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Alessandra Alongi, Cecilia Bava, Silvia Rosina, Yaryna Boyko, Neil Martin, Yasser El Miedany, Miroslav Harjacek, Soad Hashad, Maka Ioseliani, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Rik Joos, Christiaan Scott, Mejbri Manel, Zoilo Morel Ayala, Maria Ekelund, Safiya Al-Abrawi, Maya-Feriel Aiche, Ximena Norambuena, Jose Antonio Melo-Gomes, Nicolino Ruperto, Alessandro Consolaro, Angelo Ravelli, Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation, Giancane, Gabriella, Campone, Chiara, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Alongi, Alessandra, Bava, Cecilia, Rosina, Silvia, Boyko, Yaryna, Martin, Neil, El Miedany, Yasser, Harjacek, Miroslav, Hashad, Soad, Ioseliani, Maka, Burgos-Vargas, Ruben, Joos, Rik, Scott, Christiaan, Manel, Mejbri, Morel Ayala, Zoilo, Ekelund, Maria, Al-Abrawi, Safiya, Aiche, Maya-Feriel, Norambuena, Ximena, Antonio Melo-Gomes, Jose, Ruperto, Nicolino, Consolaro, Alessandro, Ravelli, Angelo, and Rheumatology International Trials Organisation, Paediatric
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Oligoarthritis, Absolute number, business.industry, Concordance, Patient Acuity, Infant, Arthritis, medicine.disease, Severity of Illness Index, Arthritis, Juvenile, Disease activity, Cross-Sectional Studies, Rheumatology, Child, Preschool, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Juvenile, Female, Polyarthritis, Child, Inactive disease, business
Abstract: Objective To assess concordance among criteria for inactive disease (ID) and low disease activity (LDA) in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to seek factors driving discordance. Methods The frequency of fulfillment of existing criteria was evaluated in information on 10,186 patients extracted from 3 cross-sectional data sets. Patients were divided up according to the functional phenotypes of oligoarthritis and polyarthritis. Concordance between criteria was examined using weighted Venn diagrams. The role of each individual component in explaining discordance between criteria was assessed by calculating the absolute number and percentage of instances in which the component was responsible for discrepancy between definitions. Results Criteria for ID were met by 28.6–41.1% of patients with oligoarthritis and by 24.0–33.4% of patients with polyarthritis. Criteria for LDA were met by 44.8–62.4% of patients with oligoarthritis and by 44.6–50.4% of patients with polyarthritis. There was a 57.9–62.3% overlap between criteria for ID and a 67.9–85% overlap between criteria for LDA. Parent and physician global assessments and acute-phase reactants were responsible for the majority of instances of discordance among criteria for ID (8.7–15.5%, 10.0–12.3%, and 10.8–17.3%, respectively). Conclusion We found fair concordance between criteria for ID and LDA in JIA, with the main drivers of discordance for ID being physician and parent global assessments and acute-phase reactants. This observation highlights the need for further studies aimed to evaluate the impact of subjective physician and parent perception of disease remission and of laboratory measures of inflammatory activity on the definition of ID.
Published: 2021
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14. Preliminary observations on the immunogenicity and safety of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Fabio Giovanni Abbate, Alessia Amodio, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, and Alma Nunzia Olivieri
Subjects: Vaccines, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Humans, COVID-19, General Medicine, Antibodies, Viral, Arthritis, Juvenile
Published: 2022

15. Osteoid Osteoma of the Talus Misdiagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Case Report

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, and Alma Nunzia Olivieri
Subjects: General Medicine
Abstract: Osteoid osteoma is a primary benign bone tumor that consists of a central area (nidus), surrounded by sclerotic bone. The most relevant symptom is pain that increases during the night and improves after salicylates or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration. Osteoid osteoma is frequently misdiagnosed because it mimics juvenile idiopathic arthritis, bone infection, or malignancy. A 14-year-old girl presented to our department with a history of chronic pain in her left ankle. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis was diagnosed and anti-inflammatory treatment was prescribed. Because of persistence of ankle pain, the patient underwent further examinations, in particular, bone scintigraphy and computed tomography. As a result, osteoid osteoma of the talar neck was diagnosed. The patient underwent surgical treatment and her condition improved. Osteoid osteoma should also be considered in patients with chronic ankle pain to avoid misdiagnosis and start adequate treatment. This condition should be suspected in a patient with chronic bone pain and normal complete blood count and inflammatory parameters.
Published: 2022
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16. The Effect of Morning Stiffness Duration on the Definition of Clinically Inactive Disease in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Author: Alessandro Consolaro, Marta Mazzoni, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Gabriella Giancane, Angelo Ravelli, Maddalena Allegra, Jessica Tibaldi, Alessandra Alongi, Maddalena Allegra, I, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Giancane, Gabriella, Alongi, Alessandra, Tibaldi, Jessica, Mazzoni, Marta, and Consolaro and Angelo Ravelli, Alessandro
Subjects: Parents, medicine.medical_specialty, pediatric rheumatic diseases, Immunology, Arthritis, Disease, remission, Rheumatology, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Juvenile, Child, Pain Measurement, business.industry, morning stiffness, Morning stiffness, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, medicine.disease, Arthritis, Juvenile, Duration (music), Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, morning stiffness, remission, pediatric rheumatic diseases, Quality of Life, Inactive disease, business
Abstract: Objective.To investigate the effect of morning stiffness (MS) on parent disease perception in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with clinically inactive disease (CID).Methods.We examined 652 visits in which patients fulfilled 2004 or 2011 Wallace criteria for CID. Parent-reported outcomes were compared among patients with no MS or with MS < or ≥ 15 min.Results.Among 652 visits with CID by 2004 criteria, no MS was reported in 554 visits (85%), MS < 15 min in 53 (8%), and MS ≥ 15 min in 45 (7%). The frequency of altered physical function, health-related quality of life and well-being, pain, and disease activity visual analog scales was proportionally greater in patients without MS than those with longer MS. The frequency of parent subjective rating of disease state as remission was 87.7%, 58%, and 26.7% among patients with no MS, MS < 15 min, and MS ≥ 15 min, respectively.Conclusion.Our results suggest that a change in 2011 CID criteria to require absence of MS should be considered.
Published: 2019
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17. Prevalence of and factors associated to chronic kidney disease and hypertension in a cohort of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Author: Pierluigi Marzuillo, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Stefano Guarino, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Anna Di Sessa, Gicchino, Maria Francesca, Di Sessa, Anna, Guarino, Stefano, Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele, Olivieri, Alma Nunzia, and Marzuillo, Pierluigi
Subjects: musculoskeletal diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Population, Arthritis, Renal function, urologic and male genital diseases, Renal amyloidosis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Juvenile idiopathic arthriti, 030225 pediatrics, Internal medicine, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Renal injury, 030212 general & internal medicine, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Risk factor, Child, education, skin and connective tissue diseases, Children, education.field_of_study, Proteinuria, business.industry, medicine.disease, Arthritis, Juvenile, NSAID, Treatment Outcome, Blood pressure, Methotrexate, Antirheumatic Agents, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Hypertension, medicine.symptom, business, Kidney disease
Abstract: We evaluated chronic kidney disease (CKD) (proteinuria or estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2) or hypertension prevalence in 110 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). CKD and hypertension were clustered under the umbrella term of "renal injury". Median age at the last visit was 14 years. Nine out of 110 (8.1%) patients showed renal injury (8 hypertension, 1 proteinuria). Patients with renal injury presented higher age at last visit, longer duration of active JIA, shorter intervals free from JIA relapses, longer duration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) treatment but with similar cumulative NSAIDs dose and higher rate of methotrexate (MTX) prescription, longer time of MTX administration, and higher cumulative MTX dose compared to patients without renal injury. At the last visit, patients with and without renal injury presented similar prevalence of active disease. The cumulative proportion of patients free from renal injury at 240 months since JIA onset was 40.72% for all population; while the cumulative proportion was 23.7% for patients undergoing NSAIDs+MTX treatment and 100% for those undergoing NSAIDs (p = 0.039) treatment.Conclusion:About 8% of the children with JIA develop hypertension or CKD. The main risk factor was longer exposure to both NSAIDs and MTX due to a more severe form of the disease. What is Known •Anecdotal reports showed that rarely juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) could present renal involvement due to prolonged and uncontrolled inflammation (renal amyloidosis) or to long exposure to anti-rheumatic drugs. •No cohort studies investigated renal health in children with JIA. What is new •About 8% of the children with JIA developed hypertension or chronic kidney disease. •The main risk factor was long exposure to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and methotrexate for patients suffering from a more severe form of the disease. •In JIA patients, periodic evaluation of renal function, blood pressure and proteinuria should be warranted.
Published: 2021

18. Why does Mycophenolate use only for kidney complications in Schonlein Henoch Syndrome? Case report

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Dario Iafusco, Maria Maddalena Marrapodi, Rosa Melone, Giovanna Cuomo, Angela Zanfardino, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, and Alma Nunzia Olivieri
Subjects: immune system diseases, hemic and lymphatic diseases
Abstract: Background : Henoch Schonlein purpura (HSP) is an acute small vessel vasculitis. It is the most common vasculitis in children. Although the cause is unknown, IgA seems to play a central role in the pathogenesis of Henoch Schonlein purpura. The major clinical features include a palpable purpuric rash on the lower extremities, abdominal pain or renal involvement, and arthritis. Cutaneous manifestations are the essential elements in the diagnosis of Henoch Schonlein purpura. The palpable purpura is characteristically 2 to 10mm in diameter and is usually present on the lower extremities. There are no specific diagnostic tests available for diagnosing this condition. Laboratory studies are useful to exclude other conditions that may mimic Henoch Schonlein purpura. In majority of the cases, the disease is self-limited. Relapsing can occur, in particular during the first year of the disease. There is no consensus on a specific treatment. Corticosteroids are effective in rapid resolution of renal and abdominal manifestations. Immunosuppressive drugs, such as Mycophenolate Mofetil may be a better treatment choice in case of renal involvement.Case report : We report a case of a 14 years old girl affected from recurrent Henoch Schonlein Purpura. From the age of nine years patient presented three episodes of purpura with gastrointestinal involvement, in particular hematemesis, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Each episode was treated with high doses of corticosteroids (methylprednisolone in vein or prednisone per os). Patient came to our Department during the third episode of Purpura. In consideration of the recurrence of the Henoch Schonlein Purpura and the gastrointestinal involvement we decided to start Mycophenolate Mofetil treatment. Patient’s conditions improved thanks to Mycophenolate Mofetil treatment. Conclusion: In our case of recurrent HSP Mycophenolate Mofetil treatment has been very effective, avoiding the adverse events of a prolonged steroid treatment. This experience teaches us that immunosuppressive agents may be very useful to induce and maintain remission not only in renal involvement, but in all cases of persistence, recurrence or complicated forms of Henoch Schonlein purpura in children.
Published: 2020
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19. Novel assay to diagnose and monitor cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes (CAPS)

Author: Fortunata Carbone, Luca Cantarini, Teresa Micillo, Maria Alessio, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Antonella Insalaco, Maria Cristina Maggio, Orso Maria Lucherini, Roberto Scarpioni, Matteo Piga, Maria Maddalena Angioni, Laura Obici, Antonella Simpatico, Pietro Leccese, Rita Consolini, Raffaele Manna, Paolo Sfriso, Sara Bindoli, Paola Galozzi, Ida Orlando, Sabrina Chiesa, Marco Gattorno, Giuseppe Matarese, and Fortunata Carbone, Luca Cantarini, Teresa Micillo, Maria Alessio,Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Antonella Insalaco,Maria Cristina Maggio, Orso Maria Lucherini, Roberto Scarpioni,Matteo Piga, Maria Maddalena Angioni, Laura Obici, Antonella Simpatico, Pietro Leccese, Rita Consolini, Raffaele Manna, Paolo Sfriso, Sara Bindoli, Paola Galozzi, Ida Orlando, Sabrina Chiesa,Marco Gattorno, Giuseppe Matarese
Subjects: Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E Specialistica, CAPS, TRAPS, ASC
Abstract: Introduction: Cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are rare autoinflammatory disorders associated with dominantly gain-offunction mutations in the NLRP3 gene that result in overactivation of the inflammasome, increased secretion of interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-18, and systemic inflammation. It has been reported that oligomeric particles of the adaptor ASC (apoptosis-associated Speck-like protein with a caspase-recruitment domain) are released together with IL-1beta and active caspase-1 subunits after activation of the inflammosome complex and that patients with CAPS show an increased serum concentration of ASC+ particles. Objectives: The diagnosis of CAPS is a critical factor due to both the lack of specific laboratory results and the sharing of similar clinical manifestations with other autoinflammatory diseases, our aim is to develop a simple assay to evaluate the levels of ASC particles in the serum of CAPS patients to provide novel biomarkers facilitating early disease diagnosis and able to monitor treatment responses. Methods: We developed an ELISA for the quantification of ASC particles in serum and plasma of normal and pathological subjects. We analysed samples from CAPS patients and from patients with autoimmune disorders (Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis), to confirm that ASC presence in the serum is not due to other chronic inflammatory processes characterizing autoimmunity. In addition, we also evaluated the concentration of ASC in the sera of TNF receptor–associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) patients to reinforce the concept of specificity of this biomarker in CAPS patients and not in individuals suffering from others inflammatory disorders. Results: We observed that untreated CAPS patients are characterized by the presence of a significant higher amount of ASC particles when compared with healthy controls (HS) and with patients suffering from MS and T1D. This tendency was also evident in patients with arthritis and TRAPS even if the difference was not statistically significant due to the small number of samples. In addition there is a tendency through a reduction of ASC levels in CAPS patients after pharmacological treatment, which require future investigations. Conclusion: These data suggest that ELISA quantitation of ASC protein could represent a novel and additional strategy for the diagnosis and monitoring of CAPS.
Published: 2019

20. Oral Manifestations in Scurvy Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review and a Case Report

Author: Alberta Lucchese, Antonio Romano, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Speranza Cioffi, Rosario Serpico, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Fausto Fiori, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Romano, Antonio, Cioffi, Speranza, Fiori, Fausto, MIRAGLIA DEL GIUDICE, Emanuele, Lucchese, Alberta, Olivieri, Alma Nunzia, and Serpico, Rosario
Subjects: Technology, medicine.medical_specialty, QH301-705.5, QC1-999, scurvy, Pediatric Dentists, gingival disorders, Signs and symptoms, Disease, Clinical manifestation, Diagnostic tools, Diet habits, Intervention (counseling), Medicine, General Materials Science, vitamin C deficiency, Biology (General), Intensive care medicine, QD1-999, Instrumentation, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, clinical manifestations, Gingival disorder, business.industry, Physics, Process Chemistry and Technology, General Engineering, Scurvy, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), medicine.disease, Computer Science Applications, Chemistry, oral scurvy, TA1-2040, business, Pediatric population
Abstract: Scurvy is generated by lack of vitamin C; although it is considered a rare and past disease, scurvy continues to be detected in children with neurodevelopmental disorders and with selective diet habits. Identifying scurvy can be demanding due to the perceived rarity of the condition, and it can become a tricky diagnostic question given to the variety of nonspecific symptoms, including gingival manifestations. This study aims to identify most common clinical features in order to provide a complete picture of the signs and symptoms, and to offer clinicians the diagnostic tools for identifying patients suffering from scurvy. We present a case report of a child affected by scurvy; it has also been performed as a systematic review about scurvy in pediatric population. A search yielded 107 relevant studies since 1990. Most of the identified cases have shown oral, musculoskeletal and cutaneous manifestation that improved within a few days of starting vitamin C therapy. Identifying scurvy’s characteristic clinical features allows a timely diagnosis, thus avoiding invasive investigations. Pediatric dentists should possess adequate knowledge and experience to identify the main characteristics of scurvy. This can help facilitate a prompt diagnosis in order to provide timely intervention to the patient that is relatively ease and safe.
Published: 2021
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21. Congenital diabetes mellitus

Author: Fabrizio Barbetti, Alessia Piscopo, Francesca Casaburo, Angela Zanfardino, Riccardo Bonfanti, Ivana Rabbone, Dario Iafusco, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Gulsum Ozen, Nadia Tinto, Fernanda Iafusco, Serena Meola, Iafusco, D., Zanfardino, A., Bonfanti, R., Rabbone, I., Tinto, N., Iafusco, F., Meola, S., Gicchino, M. F., Ozen, G., Casaburo, F., Piscopo, A., Miraglia Del Giudice, E., Barbetti, F., Iafusco, Dario, Zanfardino, Angela, Bonfanti, Riccardo, Rabbone, Ivana, Tinto, Nadia, Iafusco, Fernanda, Meola, Serena, Gicchino, Maria Francesca, Ozen, Gulsum, Casaburo, Francesca, Piscopo, Alessia, Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele, and Barbetti, Fabrizio
Subjects: Blood Glucose, Congenital diabetes mellitu, Diabetes mellitu, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Urinary system, medicine.medical_treatment, Germinal Center Kinases, Diabetes Complications, Pathogenesis, 03 medical and health sciences, Rare Diseases, 0302 clinical medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Quality of life, Congenital autoimmune, 030225 pediatrics, Diabetes Mellitus, medicine, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Insulin, Type 1 diabetes, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, PNDM, Neonatal diabetes mellitu, medicine.disease, Sulfonylurea Compounds, 030228 respiratory system, Hyperglycemia, TNDM, Permanent neonatal, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Mutation, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Severe intrauterine growth retardation, Transient neonatal, 1, business, Pharmacogenetics
Abstract: Congenital diabetes mellitus is a rare disorder characterized by hyperglycemia that occurs shortly after birth. We define "Diabetes of Infancy" if hyperglycemia onset before 6 months of life. From the clinical point of view, we distinguish two main types of diabetes of infancy: transient (TNDM), which remits spontaneously, and permanent (PNDM), which requires lifelong treatment. TNDM may relapse later in life. About 50% of cases are transient (TNDM) and 50% permanent. Clinical manifestations include severe intrauterine growth retardation, hyperglycemia and dehydration. A wide range of different associated clinical signs including facial dysmorphism, deafness and neurological, cardiac, kidney or urinary tract anomalies are reported. Developmental delay and learning difficulties may also be observed. In this paper we review all the causes of congenital diabetes and all genes and syndromes involved in this pathology. The discovery of the pathogenesis of most forms of congenital diabetes has made it possible to adapt the therapy to the diagnosis and in the forms of alteration of the potassium channels of the pancreatic Beta cells the switch from insulin to glibenclamide per os has greatly improved the quality of life. Congenital diabetes, although it is a very rare form, has been at the must of research in recent years especially for pathogenesis and pharmacogenetics. The most striking difference compared to the more frequent autoimmune diabetes in children (type 1 diabetes) is the possibility of treatment with hypoglycemic agents and the apparent lower frequency of chronic complications.
Published: 2020

22. SAT0501 THE IMPACT OF MORNING STIFFNESS ON THE DEFINITION OF INACTIVE DISEASE IN JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS

Author: Alessandro Consolaro, Marta Mazzoni, Jessica Tibaldi, Gabriella Giancane, Silvia Rosina, Alessandra Alongi, Angelo Ravelli, and Maria Francesca Gicchino
Subjects: Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Morning stiffness, Arthritis, medicine.disease, Discontinuation, Etanercept, Interquartile range, medicine, Juvenile, Adverse effect, Inactive disease, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in childhood. Morning stiffness is a major symptom of JIA, and is usually associated with active disease. The 2004 preliminary criteria for inactive disease (ID) in JIA did not include the assessment of morning stiffness, whereas the 2011 revision of the criteria has allowed the presence of morning stiffness (MS) lasting ≤ 15 minutes. MS was included in 2011 revision based on the consideration that MS of a short duration (i.e., ≤ 15 minutes) can represent residua of previously active disease without current active disease. However, it is unclear whether the disease status of children with ID who have or do not have morning stiffness is comparable. Objectives: To compare the disease status of children with JIA who met the 2004 and 2011 revised criteria for ID in relation to the presence or absence morning stiffness. Methods: A database of 1208 Italian children included in 2 multicenter studies (1,2) who underwent a total of 3380 visits was examined to identify all visits in which the patients fulfilled the 2004 or 2011 criteria for ID. In case a patient met the ID criteria in more than 1 visit, only the first visit was retained. For each visit with ID, the duration of morning stiffness was categorized as ≤ 15 min or > 15 min. Clinical assessments included demographic features and parent-reported outcomes Results: A total of 668 visits in which patients met the criteria for ID were identified. Absence of morning stiffness was reported in 564 (84.4%) visits, whereas in 104 visits (15.5%) there was morning stiffness. Among the visits with morning stiffness, in 55 (8.2%) duration was ≤15 min, and in 49 (7.3%) duration was > 15 min. The table shows the comparison of disease duration and parent-reported outcomes between patients with absence or presence of morning stiffness. MS: morning stiffness; IQR: interquartile range, *above the mean of healthy children (2) Conclusion: Among patients who met the 2011 criteria for ID, those with morning stiffness ≤15 min had worse parent-reported outcomes than those without morning stiffness. This finding suggests that parents may not perceive their child’s disease state as true remission when lower degrees of morning stiffness are present. Notably, a sizeable proportion (7,3%) of children meeting the 2004 ID criteria had morning stiffness lasting > 15 min. The removal of the criterion “Duration of morning stiffness of ≤ 15 minutes” to “Absence of morning stiffness” in the definition for ID should be considered. References [1] Filocamo, et al. A new approach to clinical care of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: the Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report. J Reumatol 2011 [2] Verazza, et al. Disease status, reasons for discontinuation and adverse events in 1038 Italian children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with etanercept. PROJ 2016 Disclosure of Interests: Maria Francesca Gicchino: None declared, Gabriella Giancane: None declared, Alessandra Alongi: None declared, Silvia Rosina: None declared, Jessica Tibaldi: None declared, Marta Mazzoni: None declared, Angelo Ravelli Grant/research support from: Angelini, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Reckitt Benkiser, and Roche, Consultant for: Angelini, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Reckitt Benkiser, and Roche, Speakers bureau: Angelini, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Reckitt Benkiser, and Roche, Alessandro Consolaro Grant/research support from: AbbVie, Pfizer
Published: 2019
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23. AB1316 AGREEMENT BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE DEFINITIONS OF INACTIVE DISEASE IN CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARHRITIS

Author: Angelo Ravelli, Alessandro Consolaro, Chiara Campone, Alessandra Alongi, Maria Francesca Gicchino, and Gabriella Giancane
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Subjective perception, Family medicine, Concordance, Disease remission, medicine, business, Inactive disease, Therapeutic goal
Abstract: Background The choice of an appropriate definition of inactive disease (ID) is important because ID has been identified as the ideal therapeutic goal in the treat-to-target strategy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).1 Several criteria for ID in JIA have been proposed, including Wallace 2004 and 2011 criteria and JADAS10 and clinical JADAS10 (cJADAS10) criteria. However, a recent study2 has shown that these criteria do not always identify the same group of patients. In addition, it is unknown whether and to what extent the formal definitions of ID agree with the subjective perception of disease remission by the physician and the parent.3 Objectives To investigate the concordance between current criteria for ID and subjective judgment of disease remission by physicians and parents in children with JIA. Methods We evaluated the clinical data of the last visits made in 669 children with JIA from March 2007 to December 2010 to identify all visits in which the caring physician and a parent judged subjectively and independently the child’s disease state as remission or non-remission and the parent declared whether he/she was satisfied or non-satisfied with current illness state (i.e. Parent Acceptable Symptom State, PASS).4 All visits judged subjectively by the physician and the parent as remission or judged in PASS by the parent were examined to identify those which met the Wallace 2004 and 2011 criteria and the JADAS10 and cJADAS10 criteria for ID. Visits which met both subjective and objective definitions were defined as concordant. Results Of the 246 visits in which the physician judged subjectively the disease state as remission, 34.6% and 27.6% met the 2004 and 2011 Wallace criteria, respectively, and 38.6% and 54.5% met the JADAS10 and cJADAS10 criteria for ID, respectively.(Figure 1) Of the 338 visits in which the parent judged subjectively the disease state as remission, 19.8% and 18% met the 2004 and 2011 Wallace criteria, respectively, and 34.9% and 48.8% met the JADAS10 and cJADAS10 criteria for ID, respectively.(Figure 2) In 76.4% of visits judged as remission by the physician, the parent provided the same evaluation. In 55.6% of visits judged as remission by the parent, the physician provided the same evaluation.(Figure 1-2) Of 467 visits judged in PASS by the parent, 17.6% and 14.8% met the 2004 and 2011 Wallace criteria, respectively, and 26.6% and 37.5% met the JADAS10 and cJADAS10 criteria for ID, respectively. Conclusion The JADAS10 and cJADAS10 criteria for ID were more concordant with physician’s and parent’s subjective judgment of remission and with parent’s satisfaction with current illness state than Wallace criteria. The cJADAS10, which lacks the acute phase reactant, revealed the best concordance with both physician’s and parent’s subjective assessments. Physician-parent agreement was greater for remission judged by the physician than for remission judged by the parent. References [1] Ravelli A, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018;77:819-828; 2. Shoop-Whorral SJW, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017;76:1381-1388; 3. Giancane G, et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2017;13:460-461. 4. Filocamo G, et al. J Rheumatol. 2012;39:856-63. Disclosure of Interests Gabriella Giancane: None declared, Maria Francesca Gicchino: None declared, Alessandra Alongi: None declared, Chiara Campone: None declared, Alessandro Consolaro Grant/research support from: AbbVie, Pfizer, Angelo Ravelli Grant/research support from: Angelini, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & johnson, novartis, pfizer, reckitt benkiser, and roche, consultant for: angelini, abbvie, bristol-myers squibb, johnson & johnson, novartis, pfizer, reckitt benkiser, and roche, speakers bureau: angelini, abbvie, bristol-myers squibb, johnson & johnson, novartis, pfizer, reckitt benkiser, and roche
Published: 2019
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24. Gastrointestinal Henoch–Schönlein purpura successfully treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil

Author: Rosa Melone, Angela Zanfardino, Giovanna Cuomo, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Dario Iafusco, Maria Maddalena Marrapodi, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Gicchino, Mf, Iafusco, D, Marrapodi, Mm, Melone, R, Cuomo, G, Zanfardino, A, MIRAGLIA DEL GIUDICE, Emanuele, and Olivieri, An.
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Adolescent, IgA Vasculitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, Disease, Mycophenolate, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Recurrence, hemic and lymphatic diseases, medicine, Humans, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, mycophenolate mofetile, purpura, Schönlein–Henoch syndrome, Clinical Case Report, 030212 general & internal medicine, Enzyme Inhibitors, Child, mycophenolate mofetile, Kidney, business.industry, abdominal pain, General Medicine, Mycophenolic Acid, Schönlein–Henoch syndrome, medicine.disease, Dermatology, Gastrointestinal Tract, Purpura, medicine.anatomical_structure, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, purpura, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Vasculitis, Nephritis, Rheumatism, Research Article
Abstract: Rationale: Henoch–Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is an acute small vessel vasculitis. It is the most common vasculitis in children. In majority of the cases, the disease is self-limited. Relapses can occur, in particular during the first year of the disease. There is no consensus on a specific treatment. The efficacy and safety of steroidal treatment in treating HSP is still controversial. Immunosuppressive treatment of HSP nephritis is used in patients with severe renal involvement (nephrotic range proteinuria and/or progressive renal impairment). The literature on immunosuppressive treatment of severe HSP without kidney involvement is scanty. Patients concerns: We report 2 case reports of 2 adolescents affected from Henoch–Schönlein Purpura and severe gastrointestinal involvement. Both patients presented a poor response to steroids treatment. Diagnoses: The diagnosis of HSP was made according to the diagnostic criteria published by European League against Rheumatism and Pediatric Rheumatology European Society in 2006 Interventions: In consideration of the recurrence of the Henoch Schönlein Purpura and the gastrointestinal involvement, we decided to start Mycophenolate Mofetil treatment. Outcomes: In both patients all clinical manifestations resolved in few days. Lessons: In our cases of HSP with gastrointestinal involvement Mycophenolate Mofetil treatment has been very effective. This experience teaches us that immunosuppressive agents may be very useful to induce and maintain remission not only in renal involvement, but in all cases of persistent, recurrent, or complicated Henoch Schönlein Purpura in children.
Published: 2021
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25. AB1305 EVALUATION OF SERUM LEVELS OF ASC FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF CRYOPYRIN ASSOCIATED PERIODIC SYNDROMES (CAPS)

Author: Maria Maddalena Angioni, Laura Obici, Giuseppe Matarese, Luca Cantarini, Raffaele Manna, Orso Maria Lucherini, Matteo Piga, Ida Orlando, Antonella Simpatico, Pietro Leccese, Paola Galozzi, Maria Cristina Maggio, Teresa Micillo, Fortunata Carbone, Roberto Scarpioni, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Marco Gattorno, Sabrina Chiesa, Sara Bindoli, Rita Consolini, Antonella Insalaco, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Maria Alessio, and Paolo Sfriso
Subjects: Type 1 diabetes, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Arthritis, Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, Context (language use), medicine.disease, medicine.disease_cause, Pharmacological treatment, Autoimmunity, Internal medicine, Biomarker (medicine), Medicine, In patient, business
Abstract: Background: Dominantly gain-of-function mutations in the NLRP3 gene lead to Cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) characterized by constitutive activation of the inflammasome, increased secretion of interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-18, and systemic inflammation. IL-1beta and active caspase-1 subunits are released in the serum together with the oligomeric particles of the adaptor ASC (apoptosis-associated Speck-like protein with a caspase-recruitment domain) after activation of the inflammosome complex and, as a consequence, patients with CAPS show an increased serum concentration of ASC+ particles. Objectives: Patients suffering from CAPS are characterized by clinical manifestation similar to other autoinflammatory diseases. This phenomenon together with the lack of specific laboratory tests makes difficult the diagnosis of CAPS. In this context the development of a test for the evaluation of serum ASC levels could provide novel biomarkers facilitating early disease diagnosis and able to monitor treatment responses. Methods: We analysed, with a novel ELISA assay, the levels of ASC particles in serum and plasma of normal subjects, CAPS patients and patients with autoimmune disorders (Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis), to confirm that ASC presence in the serum is not due to other chronic inflammatory processes characterizing autoimmunity. To evaluate the specificity of this biomarker in CAPS patients and not in individuals suffering from others inflammatory disorders, we also analysed sera from TNF receptor–associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) patients. Results: ASC particles were higher in untreated CAPS patients with respect to healthy controls and patients suffering from MS and T1D. This tendency was also evident in patients with arthritis and TRAPS even if the difference was not statistically significant due to the small number of samples. In addition after pharmacological treatment there is a tendency to be confirmed through a reduction of ASC levels in CAPS patients. Conclusion: These data suggest that ELISA quantitation of ASC protein could represent a novel and additional strategy for the diagnosis and monitoring of CAPS. Disclosure of Interests:: Fortunata Carbone: None declared, Teresa Micillo: None declared, Luca Cantarini: None declared, Maria Alessio: None declared, Alma Nunzia Olivieri: None declared, Maria Francesca Gicchino: None declared, Antonella Insalaco: None declared, Maria Cristina Maggio: None declared, Orso Maria Lucherini: None declared, Roberto Scarpioni: None declared, Matteo Piga: None declared, Maria Maddalena Angioni: None declared, Laura Obici: None declared, Antonella Simpatico: None declared, Pietro Leccese: None declared, Rita Consolini: None declared, Raffaele Manna: None declared, Paolo Sfriso: None declared, Sara Bindoli: None declared, Paola Galozzi: None declared, Ida Orlando: None declared, Sabrina Chiesa: None declared, Marco Gattorno Grant/research support from: MG has received unrestricted grants from Sobi and Novartis, Giuseppe Matarese Grant/research support from: Matarese reports research grants from Merck-Serono, Biogen Idec, Novartis and IBSA.
Published: 2019

26. A case of recurrent rhabdomyolysis triggered by fever

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Giovanni Lodato, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Lodato, Giovanni, and Olivieri, Alma Nunzia
Published: 2018

27. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: a case report

Author: Mario Diplomatico, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Daniela Capalbo, Carmela Granato, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Gicchino, M. F., Diplomatico, M., Granato, C., Capalbo, D., Marzuillo, P., Olivieri, A. N., and Miraglia Del Giudice, E.
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Sternum, Periosteal reaction, Case Report, Adrenal Cortex Hormone, Severity of Illness Index, Follow-Up Studie, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, Bone pain, 0302 clinical medicine, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Shoulder Pain, 030225 pediatrics, Osteomyeliti, Medicine, Humans, Child, Pain Measurement, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, business.industry, Osteomyelitis, Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyeliti, Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, lcsh:RJ1-570, Blood Chemical Analysi, lcsh:Pediatrics, CRMO, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radiography, Histiocytosis, medicine.anatomical_structure, Treatment Outcome, Clavicle, Female, Radiology, Differential diagnosis, medicine.symptom, business, Blood Chemical Analysis, Human, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Background Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO), also known as chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis, is a rare, noninfectious inflammatory disorder that causes multifocal bone lesions with swelling and pain. Lytic and sclerotic bone lesions could be found on X-ray. Short tau inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging (STIR MRI) shows bone marrow oedema, bone expansion, lytic areas and periosteal reaction. CRMO is characterized by periodic exacerbations and remissions of unclear/unknown pathogenesis. Case presentation A 10 years old girl, suffering from pain in her right shoulder since the age of 9 years presented to our Department. Thanks to clinical data, laboratoristic and radiological findings and bone biopsy CRMO was diagnosed. So patient started anti-inflammatory treatment and her conditions improved. Conclusions In a child with bone pain should be considered also rare condition as CRMO to perform a correct diagnosis and start an adequate treatment avoiding complications such as bone damage. This condition should be suspected in a child with recurrent bone pain, modest increase of inflammatory indices, lytic or sclerotic bone lesion on X Ray. Typical CRMO localizations are metaphyses of long bones, pelvis, clavicle, vertebral column, sternum, ribs, jaw, but any bone can be involved. The most common CRMO differential diagnosis is represented by infections, malignant bone tumors, Langerhans Cells Histiocytosis (LCH).
Published: 2017

28. Proceedings of the 23rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: part one

Author: Virpi Glumoff, Dumitrita Balint, Mustafa Çakan, Gonca Keskindemirci, Laila A. L. Shaqsi, Rocio Maldonado, Natalia Ignateva, Young Dae Kim, Ludmila I. Omelchenko, Laura Damian, Eleni-Maria Papatesta, Gunilla Hesselstrand, Dragana Vujovic, Ekaterina Saveleva, Claudia Sirbe, Melissa A. Lerman, Mahesh Janarthanan, Sara Maria Murias Loza, Andrei Santimov, Karina Mördrup, Rocio Galindo Zavala, Tatiana Kandrina, Agustin Remesal, Regina Rupp, Enrique Faugier, Rosa Alcobendas, Marina K. Kruchina, Igor Alekseev, Seung Beom Han, Mandica Vidović, Eiman Abdalla, Mihaela Sparchez, Antoni Fellas, Ayşe Seda Pınarbaşı, Marie Macku, Maria Amelia Muñoz Calonge, Katerina Bouchalova, Daniela Capalbo, Gisela Díaz-Cordovés Rego, Antonis Fanouriakis, L. Jeyaseelan, Jae-Hee Chung, Olga Vougiouka, Mikhail Kostik, Mohammed A. Mozaffar, Olga Kalashnikova, Lovro Lamot, Dae-Chul Jeong, Achille Marino, Christina Tsalapaki, Mirela Parvu, P. Ramachandran, Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, Tamara Krstajic, Maria Teresa Braña, Vladimir Keltsev, Iulia E. Szabo, Subba Rao, E. Zholobova, Natalya Plutova, Nathan Hasson, Janani Sankar, Zübeyde Gündüz, Mirella Collura, Dmitrii Ivanov, Nedeljko Radlovic, Cristina Antúnez Fernández, Rolando Cimaz, Zehra Filiz Karaman, Maria Cristina Maggio, Soo-Jung Lee, Maria Concetta Failla, Nuray Aktay Ayaz, Esmeralda Núñez-Cuadros, Tatiana A. Ljudvik, Simona Rednic, Cristina Pamfil, Andrea Coda, Venkateswari Ramesh, Tatiana Kornishina, Erato Atsali, Ilia Bogdanov, Zoran Lekovic, Miroslav Harjacek, Anthi Kelempisioti, Mirta Lamot, Iva Sorić, Natalia Pavlova, Ancuta Nicoara, Pelagia Katsimbri, Jin Han Kang, Habibe Selver Durmuş, Dinesh Kumar, Eva Adank, Soo Young Lee, Gordana Susic, Lyudmila Grebenkina, Talia Diaz, Ruhan Düşünsel, Andres Rodriguez, Sangeetha Geminiganesan, Irfan Ullah, Luis Aparicio, Maria Tsolia, Evangelia Bountouvi, Renata Moutsiou, Muammer Hakan Poyrazoğlu, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Marcel Schüller, Dimitra Kassara, Olga Kopanevich, Natalya Sokolova, Şerife Gül Karadağ, Fiona Hawke, Jong Gyun Ahn, Sofia Osorio, Yuridiana Ramirez, Reem Abdwani, Jung-Woo Rhim, Shama Sowdagar, Vladislav Sevostyanov, Derek Santos, Maria Deac, Turhan Oktem, Ibrahim Al Zakwani, Vana Papaevangelou, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Dimitrios T. Boumpas, Paula Vähäsalo, Nihal Şahin, Irini Eleftheriou, Ileana Filipescu, Kwang Nam Kim, Sona Narula, Antonio L. Urda Cardona, Carmela Granato, Jarmila Skotakova, Sorina Boiu, Anastasiia Grafskaia, Elvira Cannizzaro Schneider, Margarita Dubko, Gordana Milosevski Lomic, Samaa O. Sangoof, Paula Keskitalo, Ekaterina Moskvina, Yaiza García Molina, Mithat Oner, Ki Hwan Kim, Asraa K. Turkistani, Dhanarathnamoorthy Vetrichelvan, Piera Dones, Jana Franova, Giulia Macchini, Vyacheslav Chasnyk, Giovanni Corsello, Daria Pulukchu, Olena A. Oshlyanska, Despoina Maritsi, Dusica Novakovic, Aleksandra Tarasenko, and Petri Kulmala
Subjects: 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, business.industry, Rheumatology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Family medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, business, Paediatric rheumatology
Published: 2017
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29. Oral or subcutaneus methotrexate: comparison of the efficacy in inducing sustained disease remission in children with oligoarticular JIA

Author: Chiara Trincianti, Maria Francesca Gicchino, E. H. Pieter van Dijkhuizen, Benedetta Schiappapietra, Eleonora Zaccheddu, Gabriella Giancane, Giulia Bracciolini, Denise Pires Marafon, Silvia Magni-Manzoni, Luca Villa, Carlo Gandolfo, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Nicolino Ruperto, Angelo Ravelli, Alessandro Consolaro, Trincianti, Chiara, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Pieter van Dijkhuizen, E. H., Schiappapietra, Benedetta, Zaccheddu, Eleonora, Giancane, Gabriella, Bracciolini, Giulia, Pires Marafon, Denise, Magni-Manzoni, Silvia, Villa, Luca, Gandolfo, Carlo, De Benedetti, Fabrizio, Ruperto, Nicolino, Ravelli, Angelo, and Consolaro, Alessandro
Subjects: musculoskeletal diseases, skin and connective tissue diseases
Abstract: Introduction: Methotrexate (MTX) is widely adopted as a first line treatment in moderate to severe forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), when NSAIDs and intra-articular corticosteroid injections are not sufficient to control joint disease. MTX is generally prescribed at 10-15 mg/m2 weekly and its administration can be either oral or parenteral (subcutaneous (SC) or intramuscular). Contrasting evidence is available in the literature about the difference in efficacy and safety of MTX, according to the route of administration. Objectives: Aim of the study is to compare the efficacy of oral versus SC MTX in inducing sustained disease remission in children with oligoarticular JIA enrolled in two prospective cohorts. Methods: Children with oligoarthritis included in 3 prospective studies were considered for inclusion: a) the TRIMECA trial (1), b) the MD-Paedigree study (2), c) the PharmaChild registry. Patient evaluated at the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini and at the Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù were included if they had received methotrexate treatment as a first line systemic medication within 6 months after disease onset and if a follow up of at least 12 month after treatment initiation was available. Patients were then grouped according to the route of MTX administration. Baseline demographic and disease features were compared between the 2 groups. Efficacy was assessed by comparing the rate of inactive disease (ID) and clinical remission on medication (CRM) at 12 months, the rate of patients changing the route of MTX administration or requiring a biologic medication due to treatment failure. Safety was assessed by comparing the frequency of treatment interruption due to side effects of MTX. Results: 79 patients were included in the study: 43 received oral MTX, 36 received SC MTX. At treatment initiation, disease duration was not different in the two groups; children receiving SC MTX were older at baseline (4.6 yrs vs. 2.5 yrs) and at disease onset (4.2 yrs vs. 2.3 yrs). Disease activity was comparable in the 2 groups, with a median of 2 active joints in both groups. Median MTX dose was 14.4 mg/m2 for oral MTX group and 15.2 mg/m2 for SC MTX (Mann-Whitney U test, p
Published: 2017

30. Erythema nodosum as symptom of systemic diseases

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Carmela Granato, Giulia Macchini, Daniela Capalbo, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Granato, Carmela, Macchini, Giulia, Capalbo, Daniela, and Olivieri, Alma Nunzia
Abstract: Introduction: Erythema nodosum (EN)is the most common panniculitis in childhood. The lesions of EN are localized at the lower limbs, in particular in the pretibial region, while upper limbs and trunk are rarely involved. Erythema nodosum can be associated with general symptoms such as fever, weakness, and severe pain, but skin lesions resolve without skin damage. Objectives: To describe five cases of Erythema nodosum in childhood Methods: R.G. f. 3 years old came to our department for a two week history of fever (up to 38 °C) and skin lesions. Physical examination revealed pharyngeal hyperemia and multiple erythematous nodules on the extensor surface of the lower extremities. Laboratory tests showed an elevation of ESR(35 mm/h) and CRP, (1,06 mg/dL) and high levels of Chlamydia Pneumoniae IgM.Throat swab was negative for group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GAS) and her chest X-ray was negative. So antibiotic therapy was prescribed and symptomatology improved. A.N. m. 8 years old was hospitalized for fever up to 39 °C and skin lesions in the lower limbs. Patient suffered from recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea. Physical examination revealed abdominal pain and erythematous and painful nodules in pretibial region of both lower limbs. Blood tests showed increase of ESR (40 mm/h) and CRP (1,3 mg/dL). Blood examinations for celiac disease were negative. Fecal calprotectin was high (500 mg/kg). Abdomen ultrasound revealed terminal ileum bowel wall thickening. Crohn’s Disease (CD)was suspected and confirmed with an endoscopy including biopsies. A.N. f. 5 years old was admitted to our department for fever (38 °C) and skin lesions that started two weeks ago. The patient also had 1 month history of cough. Physical examination revealed: pharyngeal hyperemia, cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy and skin lesions suggestive of erythema nodosum on the extensor parts of both lower limbs. Inflammatory tests were increased (ERS 28 mm/h, CRP 1,5 mg/dL). Her chest X-ray was negative. Mantoux test was positive with an induration of 15 millimeters (mm) after 48 hours and 18 mm after 72 hours, also a Quantiferon test was positive. L.B. f. 12 years old had an history of fever, headache, fatigue, joint pain and skin lesions.The objective examination revealed: malar rash, arthritis of the right knee, erythematous nodules on the extensor surface of the lower limbs. Blood tests showed anemia (Hb,5 g/dL), thrombocytopenia (PLT 75.000/mm3), ERS increased (30 mm/h) positive ANA, antiDNA. Systemic Lupus Erythematous was diagnosed according to ACR criteria I.L. f. 8 months old had a two months history of recurrent fever and skin lesions. On admission the patient was febrile (TC 38 °C). Physical examination revealed pharyngeal hyperemia, splenomegaly and erythematous nodules on the extensor surface of the lower limbs.Inflammatory tests were increased (ERS 33 mm/h, CRP 2 mg/dL). Antibodies anti CMV, EBV, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma Pneumoniae were negative. Biopsy of a lesion showed a condition compatible with panarteritis nodosa. Results: EN is a skin inflammatory reaction. EN could be associated with infectious diseases (GAS, Chlamydia Pneumoniae, Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, Epstein-Barr virus, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis), drugs, inflammatory bowel diseases, rheumatologic diseases, malignant tumor. Conclusion: The presented cases show that erythema nodosum can be secondary to different diseases.In the diagnostic process associated symptomatology and laboratory tests should be considered to diagnose the disease and to start specific treatment
Published: 2017

31. A case of urticarial vasculitis in a female patient with lupus: Micoplasma pneumoniae infection or lupus reactivation

Author: Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Mario Diplomatico, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Orsola Ametrano, Diplomatico, M., Gicchino, M. F., Ametrano, O., Marzuillo, P., and Olivieri, Alma Nunzia
Subjects: Vasculitis, medicine.medical_specialty, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Adolescent, Urticaria, Immunology, medicine.disease_cause, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Rheumatology, immune system diseases, Prednisone, Recurrence, Internal medicine, Pneumonia, Mycoplasma, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Humans, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, skin and connective tissue diseases, Urticarial vasculitis, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Systemic lupus erythematosus, business.industry, Hydroxychloroquine, medicine.disease, Female, Differential diagnosis, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, medicine.drug
Abstract: A 17-year-old female patient affected by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (who had been taking 300 mg/die of hydroxychloroquine for 3 years), Graves' disease (treated with 10 mg/die of tapazole), and celiac disease came to our attention for urticarial vasculitis. She had been taking prednisone (25 mg/die) for 3 days, and her blood tests showed high levels of Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM and IgG antibodies. The association between urticaria and M. pneumoniae infections can be present in up to 7% of the cases and, to the best of our knowledge, only two reports of urticarial vasculitis and M. pneumoniae in adults are available in the literature. Urticarial vasculitis can also be a rare cutaneous manifestation of SLE (affecting 2% of the patients), and our case is the first in the literature describing the coexistence of M. pneumoniae infection, SLE, and urticarial vasculitis in a pediatric patient, a case that rises an important differential diagnosis issue about the origin of urticarial vasculitis: SLE reactivation or urticarial vasculitis due to M. pneumoniae infection?
Published: 2017

32. EARLY ONSET OF BEHCET DISEASE: A CASE REPORT

Author: Angela Mauro, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Maria Cristina Smaldone, Mario Diplomatico, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Mauro, Angela, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Cristina Smaldone, Maria, Diplomatico, Mario, and Olivieri, Alma Nunzia
Published: 2016

33. GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIIITIS: CASE REPORT

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Stefano Guarino, Alma N. Olivieri, Angela La Manna, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Marzuillo, Pierluigi, Guarino, Stefano, Olivieri, Alma N., and LA MANNA, Angela
Published: 2016

34. NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS : A CASE REPORT

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Giulia Macchini, Carmela Granato, Alma N. Olivieri, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Macchini, Giulia, Granato, Carmela, and Olivieri, Alma N.
Published: 2016

35. Case report of a child with persistent lameness

Author: Maria Francesca Gicchino, Giulia Macchini, Carmela Granato, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Gicchino, MARIA FRANCESCA, Macchini, Giulia, Granato, Carmela, and Olivieri, Alma Nunzia
Published: 2016

36. Association between cannabinoid receptor type 2 Q63R variant and oligo/polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Author: E. Miraglia del Giudice, Maria Alessio, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Giulia Bellini, Anna Grandone, Laura Perrone, Maria Francesca Gicchino, F. Rossi, Bruno Nobili, Sabatino Maione, Bellini, Giulia, Olivieri, Alma Nunzia, Grandone, Anna, Alessio, M, Gicchino, Mf, Nobili, Bruno, Perrone, Laura, Maione, Sabatino, MIRAGLIA DEL GIUDICE, Emanuele, Rossi, Francesca, Bellini, G., Olivieri, A. N., Grandone, A., Alessio, M., Gicchino, M. F., Nobili, B., Perrone, L., Maione, S., Miraglia Del Giudice, E., and Rossi, F.
Subjects: Male, musculoskeletal diseases, Genotype, genetic structures, medicine.medical_treatment, Immunology, Arthritis, Severity of Illness Index, Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2, Rheumatology, Cannabinoid receptor type 2, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Juvenile, Medicine, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Child, skin and connective tissue diseases, Receptor, business.industry, Significant difference, Clinical course, Genetic Variation, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Arthritis, Juvenile, Italy, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Cannabinoid, business
Abstract: Objectives: To investigate whether the functional variant Q63R of the cannabinoid 2 (CB2) receptor is associated with susceptibility to oligo/poly-articular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and with its clinical features. Method: A total of 171 Italian children with oligoarticular/rheumatoid factor negative poly-articular JIA and 600 healthy controls were enrolled in the study and genotyped. Results: A significant difference in genotype distribution of the CB2 Q63R variant (CNR2 rs35761398) between oligo/poly-articular JIA patients and controls was found (p = 0.001). The R63 variant was associated with increased rates of relapse (p = 0.0001). Conclusions: This study indicates that the CB2 receptor contributes to susceptibility to oligo/polyarticular JIA and to the severity of its clinical course.
Published: 2015

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