Juvenile idiopathic arthritis during 20 years in Sweden: Characteristics of children, therapy interventions, occurrence of uveitis and ocular complications.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess and compare the characteristics, therapy interventions, occurrence of uveitis and ocular complications in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) screened and examined for uveitis in Gothenburg, Sweden, over 20 years. Biological immunomodulatory treatment was increasingly used during the second half of the over 20 years.

Methods

Data were retrospectively collected from children with JIA examined for uveitis at the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital between 2012 and 2021. These data were compared with those from a previously published study of children (the first cohort) screened between 2002 and 2011 in the same setting.

Results

The first 10-year cohort (2002-2011) included 299 children, while the second cohort (2012-2021) included 253 childr

SUBMITTER: Lundgren P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12340169 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature