Leflunomide in systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 750-752

  Jahan, Afsana ^a   Dewan, Vivek ^a   Yadav, Tribhuvan Pal ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Leflunomide; Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THALIDOMIDE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH DISORDER; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SYSTEMIC ONSET JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE;

EID: 84869202259     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0139-9     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Fox RI. Mechanism of action of leflunomide in rheumatoid arthritis, J Rheumatol (Suppl.) 1998;53:20-6.
2. Silverman E, Mouy R, Spiegel L, Jung LK, Saurenmann RK, Lahdenne P, et al. Leflunomide or methotrexate for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. NEJM. 2005;352:655-66.
3. Silverman E, Spiegel L, Hawkins D, Petty R, Goldsmith D, Schanberg L, et al. Long term open label preliminary study of safety and efficacy of leflunomide in patients with polyarticular-course in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2005;52:554-62.
4. Osiri M, Shea B, Robinson V, Suarez-Almazor M, Strand V, Tugwell P, et al. Leflunomide for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and metaanalysis. J Rheumatol. 2003;30:1182-90.
5. Foeldvari I, Wierk A. Effectiveness of leflunomide in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in clinical practice. J Rheumatol. 2010;37:1763-7.