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- Title
Long-term preservation of measles and rubella specific-IgG antibodies in children with enthesitis related arthritis on anti-TNFα treatment: a prospective controlled study.
- Authors
Maritsi, Despoina N.; Kopsidas, Ioannis; Vartzelis, George; Spyridis, Nikos; Tsolia, Maria N.
- Abstract
The authors discuss a study that determines the immune status against measles and rubella in previously vaccinated enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) patients. Highlights include mean time from diagnosis to anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha treatment, the approval of the study by the Kyriakou Children's Hospital's Research and Ethics' Committee, and a decrease in antibody levels in the ERA group as indicated from the interaction effect of analysis.
- Subjects
NONSTEROIDAL anti-inflammatory agents; ANTIRHEUMATIC agents; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MEASLES; JUVENILE idiopathic arthritis; RUBELLA; TUMOR necrosis factors; TREATMENT effectiveness; CHEMICAL inhibitors
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2019, Vol 58, Issue 9, p1686
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/kez096