Proposal for a definition for response to treatment, inactive disease and damage for JIA associated uveitis based on the validation of a uveitis related JIA outcome measures from the Multinational Interdisciplinary Working Group for Uveitis in Childhood (MIWGUC)

• Main Authors: Ivan Foeldvari (Author), Jens Klotsche (Author), Gabriele Simonini (Author), Clive Edelsten (Author), Sheila T. Angeles-Han (Author), Regitze Bangsgaard (Author), Joke de Boer (Author), Gabriele Brumm (Author), Rosa Bou Torrent (Author), Tamas Constantin (Author), Cinzia DeLibero (Author), Jesus Diaz (Author), Valeria Maria Gerloni (Author), Margarida Guedes (Author), Arnd Heiligenhaus (Author), Kaisu Kotaniemi (Author), Sanna Leinonen (Author), Kirsten Minden (Author), Vasco Miranda (Author), Elisabetta Miserocchi (Author), Susan Nielsen (Author), Martina Niewerth (Author), Irene Pontikaki (Author), Carmen Garcia de Vicuna (Author), Carla Zilhao (Author), Steven Yeh (Author), Jordi Anton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background JIA-associated uveitis (JIAU) is a serious, sight-threatening disease with significant long-term complications and risk of blindness, even with improved contemporary treatments. The MIWGUC was set up in order to propose specific JIAU activity and response items and to validate th...