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ey0016.9-15 | Biologic Agents and Growth in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases | ESPEYB16

9.15. Growth during Tocilizumab therapy for Polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis: 2-year data from a phase III clinical trial

KN Bharucha , HI Brunner , I Calvo Penades , I Nikishina , N Rubio-Perez , S Oliveira , K Kobusinska , H Schmeling , F Sztajnbok , F Weller-Heinemann , E Zholobova , F Zulian , R Allen , J Chaitow , J Frane , C Wells , N Ruperto , F De Benedetti

To read the full abstract: J Rheumatol. 2018; 45(8): 1173In recent years, biologic agents have clearly been shown to be effective in maintaining remission and improving linear growth in children with inflammatory bowel disease and other chronic inflammatory diseases (13). This prospective cohort study analyzed growth in 187 patients (143 females, mean age 11±4 years; including...

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ey0015.9-8 | Growth, growth hormone and puberty in chronic diseases: novel insights from clinical practice | ESPEYB15

9.8 Growth and weight gain in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from the ReACCh-Out cohort

J Guzman , T Kerr , LM Ward , J Ma , K Oen , AM Rosenberg , BM Feldman , G Boire , K Houghton , P Dancey , R Scuccimarri , A Bruns , AM Huber , K Watanabe Duffy , NJ Shiff , RA Berard , DM Levy , E Stringer , K Morishita , N Johnson , DA Cabral , M Larché , RE Petty , RM Laxer , E Silverman , P Miettunen , AL Chetaille , E Haddad , L Spiegel , SE Turvey , H Schmeling , B Lang , J Ellsworth , SE Ramsey , J Roth , S Campillo , S Benseler , G Chédeville , R Schneider , SML Tse , R Bolaria , K Gross , D Feldman , B Cameron , R Jurencak , J Dorval , C LeBlanc , C St Cyr , M Gibbon , RSM Yeung , CM Duffy , LB Tucker

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2017Aug 22;15(1):68This large prospective study analysed growth in children with JIA during a 3-year period from diagnosis. Interesting findings emerge: the heights and weights of these patients, clearly compromised in historical cohorts, appeared nearly normal. Increased risk of growth impairment was noted in patients with systemic arthr...

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9.15. Growth during Tocilizumab therapy for Polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis: 2-year data from a phase III clinical trial

9.8 Growth and weight gain in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from the ReACCh-Out cohort

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