Proteinuria and hematuria as early signs of renal involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Emanuela Del Giudice,
Alessia Marcellino,
Sara Hoxha
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesTo evaluate glomerular and tubular renal functions and analyze blood pressure in a cohort of pediatric patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).MethodsA total of 40 pediatric patients, 20 (50%) with JIA and 20 (50%) healthy control subjects, were studied, and performed the renal function on 24-h collection and the 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Moreover, we compared renal function and blood pressure trends between the groups of JIA patients with different disease activitie… Show more
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