Abstract
Systemic-onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SOJIA) is not rare in India, where biotherapies are unaffordable.Data on its course, outcome and complications are scarce.
Highlights
Systemic-onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SOJIA) is not rare in India, where biotherapies are unaffordable
After ethics committee approvals and consents, a cohort of 53 consecutive patients diagnosed with SOJIA before 10-2009 using the ILAR criteria were followed up until 09-2012
Methotrexate was used in 50 patients, other DMARDs in 25(hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide, cyclosporine, cyclophosphamide, thalidomide) and 5 received biologics briefly
Summary
We describe this data in a monocentric cohort of 53 patients, followed up for at least 3 years
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