How common is remission in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The ideal goal of treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is disease remission. However, many sets of remission criteria have been developed and no systematic review of remission in JIA exists. The current systematic review investigated (1) how remission has been defined across JIA clinical cohorts and (2) the frequency of remission overall and within disease categories.

Methods

Studies using prospective inception cohorts published after 1972 were selected if they estimated remission in cohorts of ≥50 patients. Articles focusing on specific medical interventions, not defining remission clearly or not reporting disease duration at remission assessment were excluded. Studies were selected from Medline, Embase, PubMed and bibliographies of selected articles

SUBMITTER: Shoop-Worrall SJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687936 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature