Health-related quality of life during early aggressive treatment in patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Maarit Tarkiainen (Author), Pirjo Tynjälä (Author), Paula Vähäsalo (Author), Liisa Kröger (Author), Kristiina Aalto (Author), Pekka Lahdenne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) may cause significant impairment in health-related quality of life (HrQoL), despite effective therapies. The aim of this study was to assess HrQoL during first-year treatment in patients with new-onset polyarticular JIA, and to compare treatmen...