α2-fraction and haptoglobin as biomarkers for disease activity in oligo- and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis

• Main Authors: Ludwig Zeller (Author), Pascal N. Tyrrell (Author), Stella Wang (Author), Nadine Fischer (Author), Johannes-Peter Haas (Author), Boris Hügle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives Unlike in adult rheumatology, for most forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) no reliable biomarkers currently exist to assess joint and disease activity. However, electrophoresis is frequently found changed in active juvenile arthritis. The objective of this study was to e...