Publications
Here are our recent publications and reports.
Chiruvanji S, Rai SKC, Lyons C, Gardiner J, Guzman J, Petty RE, Documentation of response to treatment of anterior Uveitis with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and isolated chronic idiopathic uveitis. Submitted.
Houghton K, Guzman J. Evaluation of static and dynamic postural balance in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Accepted for publication in Pediatric Physical Therapy.
Houghton K. Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, and Exercise Therapy in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. The Physician and Sportsmedicine 2012 :40(3).
Leblanc CM, Lang B, Bencivenga A, Chet aille AL, Dancey P, Dent P, Miettunen P,Oen K, Rosenberg A, Roth J, Scuccimarri R, Tse SM, Benseler S, Cabral DA,Campillo S, Chédeville G, Duffy CM, Duffy KW, Haddad E, Huber AM, Laxer R, Levy D, Johnson N, Ramsey S, Shiff N, Schmeling H, Schneider R, Stringer E, Yeung RS, Tucker LB. Access to biologic therapies in Canada for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2012 Sep;39(9):1875-9.
Stinson JN, Feldman BM, Duffy CM, Huber AM, Tucker LB, McGrath PJ, Tse SM, Hetherington R, Spiegel LR, Campillo S, Benseler S, Gill N, White ME, Baker N, Vijenthira A. Jointly managing arthritis: Information needs of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and their parents. Journal of Child Health Care. 2012 Jun;16(2):124-40.
Alqanatish JT, Petty RE, Houghton KM, Guzman J, Tucker LB, Cabral DA, Cairns RA. Infrapatellar bursitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case series. Clinical Rheumatology 2011; doi:10.1007/s10067-010-1620-2.
Telio D, Pi D, Zalunardo N, Tucker LB, Chen LY. Atypical autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Haematologica. 2011 Nov;96(11):e43.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Levy DM, Peschken CA, Tucker LB, Chedeville G, Huber AM, Pope JE, Canadian Network for Improved Outcomes in SLE (CaNIOS) 1000 Faces Investigators, Silverman ED. The 1000 Canadian Faces of lupus: Influence of ethnicity on disease in the pediatric cohort. Arthritis Care & Research 2012 June 28.
Brunner HI, Mina R, Pilkington C, Beresford M, Reiff A, Levy D, Tucker L, Eberhard A, Ravelli A, Schanberg L, Saad-Magalhaes C, Higgins G, Onel K, Singer N, von Scheven E, Itert L, Klein-Gitelman M, Punaro L, Ying Y, Giannini EH. Preliminary criteria for global flares in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Care & Research, 2011; Sep;63(9):1213-23.
Vasculitis
Morishita K, Guzman J, Chira P, Muscal E, Zeft A, Klein-Gitelman M, et al. .. and
Cabral DA. Do Adult Disease Severity Subclassifications Predict Use of Cyclophosphamide in Children with ANCA-associated Vasculitis? An Analysis of ARChiVe Study Treatment Decisions.
The Journal of Rheumatology 2012;39:2012-2020.
Twilt M, Benseler S,
Cabral D. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis in Childhood.
Current Rheumatology Reports 2012; 14(2):107-115.
Dolezalova P, Price-Kuehne FE, Ozen S, Benseler SM, Cabral DA, Anton J, et al. Disease activity assessment in childhood vasculitis: development and preliminary validation of the Paediatric Vasculitis Activity Score (PVAS). Annals of the Rheumatic Disease 2012 Oct 25.
Uribe AG, Huber AM, Kim S, O’Neil KM, Wahezi DM, Abramson L et al....and Cabral DA. Increased sensitivity of the EMA algorithm for the classification of childhood granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis). The Journal of Rheumatology 2012 Aug;39(8):1687-97.
Morishita K, Li SC, Muscal E, Spalding S, Guzman J, Uribe AG et al....and Cabral DA. Assessing the performance of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS v.3) at diagnosis for children with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in A Registry for Childhood Vasculitis (ARChiVe). The Journal of Rheumatology 2012 May;39(5):1088-94.
Luqmani R, Suppiah R, Edwards CJ, Phillip R , Maskell J, Culliford D, Jayne D , Morishita K, Arden N. Mortality in Wegener's granulomatosis: a bimodal pattern. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2011 Apr;50(4):697-702.
Morishita KA, Rosendahl K, Brogan PA. Familial Takayasu arteritis - a pediatric case and a review of the literature. Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal 2011 Feb 2;9:6.
Other Topics
Houghton KM, Emery CA. Bodychecking in Youth Ice Hockey. Canadian Pediatric Society Position statement. Paediatrics and Child Health 2012;17(9).
Petty RE. Paediatric rheumatology. What has changed in last 10 years? Indian Journal of Rheumatology (Suppl) 2012;7:1-2.
Rodd C, Lang B, Ramsay T, Alos N, Huber AM, Cabral DA, Scuccimarri R, Miettunen PM, Roth J, Atkinson SA, Couch R, Cummings EA, Dent PB, Ellsworth J, Hay J, Houghton K, Jurencak R, Larche M, LeBlanc C, Oen K, Saint-Cyr C, Stein R, Stephure D, Taback S, Lentle B, Matzinger M, Shenouda N, Moher D, Rauch F, Siminoski K, Ward LM and members of the Canadian Steroid-Associated Osteoporosis in the Pediatric Population (STOPP) Consortium (A Pan Canadian Pediatric Bone Health Working Group). Incident vertebral fractures among children with rheumatic disorders 12 months after glucocorticoid initiation: a national observational study. Arthritis Care & Research 2012; 64(1): 122-131.
Alos N, Grant RM, Ramsay T, Halton J, Cummings EA, Miettunen PM, Cabral DA et al. High Incidence of Vertebral Fractures in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 12 Months After the Initiation of Therapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2012 Aug 1;30(22):2760-7.
Shiff NJ, Brant Rollin, Guzman J, Cabral DA, Huber AM, Miettunen P, Roth J, Scuccimarri R, Alos N, Atkinson S, Collet JP, Couch R, Cummings E, Dent P, Ellsworth J, Hay J, Houghton K, Jurencak R, Lang B, Larche M, LeBlanc C, Rodd C, St. Cyr C, Stein R, Stephure D, Taback S, Rauch F, Ward L and the Canadian STOPP Consortium. Glucocorticoid-related changes in body mass index among children and adolescents with rheumatic disease. Arthritis Care & Research (Hoboken) 2012 Jul 23.
Kennedy JM, Foster GE, Koehle MS, Potts JE, Sandor GGS, Potts MT, Houghton K, Henderson WR, Sheel AW. Exercise-induced intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunt in healthy women. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 2012 Apr 15;181(1):8-13.
Woo P, Petty RE. Significant developments in Paediatric Rheumatology in the last 50 years. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2011;50:1533-6.
Alqanatish JT, Houghton KM, Cairns RA. Childhood osseous sarcoidosis presenting with headache and lytic skull lesions. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 2011;17(8).
The Rheumatology Research Report is a quarterly newsletter published by the team. It contains study updates, introductions to new studies, information on active studies, results, FAQs about rheumatic diseases, and Rheumatology team announcements.