Juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients with positive family history of autoimmune thyroid disease might benefit from serological screening: analysis of the international Pharmachild registry

• Main Authors: Joeri W. van Straalen (Author), Laurie Baas (Author), Gabriella Giancane (Author), Lyudmila Grebenkina (Author), Jurgen Brunner (Author), Gabriel Vega-Cornejo (Author), Vyacheslav G. Chasnyk (Author), Liora Harel (Author), Simone Appenzeller (Author), Elisabeth Gervais (Author), Sytze de Roock (Author), Nico M. Wulffraat (Author), Nicolino Ruperto (Author), Joost F. Swart (Author), for the Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Little is known about the association between juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and therefore there are no indications for AITD screening in this population, which is possible using standard blood tests. The objective of this study is to de...