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Kemper AR, Coeytaux R, Sanders GD, et al. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011 Sep. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 28.)

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Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) [Internet].

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Abbreviations

ACR

American College of Rheumatology

ACR Pediatric

American College of Rheumatology Pediatric Response Criteria

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AJC

Active joint count

CD

Cluster of differentiation

CHAQ

Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire

CHAQ-DI

Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index

CHQ

Child Health Questionnaire

CHQ PhS

Child Health Questionnaire physical score

CHQ PsS

Child Health Questionnaire psychosocial score

CI

Confidence interval

DMARD(s)

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug(s)

EPC

Evidence-based Practice Center

ESR

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

EULAR

European League Against Rheumatism

Fc

Fragment crystallizable

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

HAQ

Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire

IgM

Immunoglobulin M

IL

Interleukin

ILAR

International League of Associations for Rheumatology

IVIG

Intravenous immunoglobulin

JCA

Juvenile chronic arthritis

JADAS

Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS)

JIA

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

JRA

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

LROM

Limited range of motion

MDA

Minimal disease activity

MeSH

Medical Subject Headings

NSAID(s)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug(s)

PedsQL

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory

PedsQL-RM

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Rheumatology Module

PGA

Physician global assessment of disease activity

PGW

Parent/patient global assessment of well-being

PICOTS

Population, interventions, comparators of interest, outcomes, timing, settings

RCT

Randomized controlled trial

ROC

Receiver operating characteristic

RR

Risk ratio

SAARD(s)

Slow-acting antirheumatic drug(s)

SRC

Scientific Resource Center

T-cell/-lymphocyte

Thymus cell/lymphocyte

TEP

Technical expert panel

TNF

Tumor necrosis factor

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