The use of biologic response modifiers in polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Costa V, Ungar WJ, Hancock-Howard RL
Record ID 32010000459
English
Authors' recommendations: Current evidence shows a short-term improvement in disease status following treatment with biologics in patients with polyarticular JIA who had previously had an inadequate response to conventional treatment. It is believed that better control of the disease may result in improvement in important long-term clinical outcomes, such as functional disability, which may affect social functioning, employment, and quality of life. Long-term treatment outcomes data, however, are not presently available.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2010
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Canada
MeSH Terms
  • Immunologic Factors
Contact
Organisation Name: Technology Assessment at SickKids
Contact Address: Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 tel: (416) 813-8519 fax: (416) 813-5979
Contact Name: wendy.ungar@sickkids.ca
Contact Email: wendy.ungar@sickkids.ca
Copyright: <p>The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute</p>
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