Abstract:Background
Eighty-eight patients suffering from juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with inadequate response to methotrexate therapy (MTX) have received etanercept +/- MTX since the year 2000 in Vienna. They were retrospectively analysed. They were suffering from various categories of JIA (systemic JIA, persistent or extended oligoarthritis, seronegative or seropositive polyarthritis or from psoriatic arthritis). The data were collected in three pediatric outpatient units.
Results
The mean age at diagnosis wa… Show more
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