A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF METHOTREXATE USE IN TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH JUVENILE OLIGOARTHRITIS
<p><em>This article presents clinical case of early manifestation of juvenile oligoarthritis with rapid contracture and destructive joint changes formation. Methotrexate was administered IM 15 mg/m2 once a week. After 3 months of treatment - acute inflammatory changes in the joint were r...
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"Paediatrician" Publishers LLC,
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <p><em>This article presents clinical case of early manifestation of juvenile oligoarthritis with rapid contracture and destructive joint changes formation. Methotrexate was administered IM 15 mg/m2 once a week. After 3 months of treatment - acute inflammatory changes in the joint were relieved as well as arthralgias, morning stiffness and there was a decrease in laboratory markers of the disease. After 6 months full motion range of the joint was achieved and contracture relieved. Remission is maintained for the last 12 months.</em><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Key words: children, juvenile arthritis, methotrexate.</em></strong><strong> </strong><br /><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">(<em><span><em><em><em>Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii - </em></em></em></span></em></span></em><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Current Pediatrics. - 2011; 10 (6): 191-197)</span></em></p> |
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| Item Description: | 1682-5527 1682-5535 |