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| L B TuckerSummaryAffiliation: University of British Columbia Country: Canada Publications
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Outcome measures in childhood rheumatic diseasesL B Tucker
Division of Rheumatology, BC Children s Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Room 1A21, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Curr Rheumatol Rep 2:349-54. 2000..In this review, the current status of outcomes measurement application to pediatric rheumatology will be discussed...- Guidelines for blood test monitoring of methotrexate toxicity in juvenile idiopathic arthritisOliva Ortiz-Alvarez
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Rheumatol 31:2501-6. 2004..CONCLUSION: Routine blood tests every 4 to 8 weeks in children with JIA are unnecessarily frequent... - Bone mineral density in children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis, and systemic vasculitis: relationship to disease duration, cumulative corticosteroid dose, calcium intake, and exerciseKhayriah A Alsufyani
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Rheumatol 32:729-33. 2005..7-46). CONCLUSION: Decreased bone density is common in children with SLE and other systemic rheumatic diseases. Age, corticosteroid dose, and pubertal stage all appear to have some influence on bone mass in these children... - Making the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus in children and adolescentsL B Tucker
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia s Children s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lupus 16:546-9. 2007..In this article, the classification criteria for SLE are discussed, and an approach to making an accurate and timely diagnosis of this disease is considered... - Transition of the adolescent patient with rheumatic disease: issues to considerLori B Tucker
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia Children s Hospital, 4880 Oak Street, Room K4 120, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada
Pediatr Clin North Am 52:641-52, viii. 2005..Issues and questions relating to pediatric rheumatology transition programming are outlined, and a model program of pediatric rheumatology transition is presented... - Factors associated with a longer time to access pediatric rheumatologists in Canadian children with juvenile idiopathic arthritisNatalie J Shiff
Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia and BC Children s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Rheumatol 37:2415-21. 2010..We used data from this cohort to explore factors associated with longer time from symptom onset to the first visit to (PR), and with longer time from first visit to a diagnosis of JIA... - Access to pediatric rheumatology subspecialty care in British Columbia, CanadaNatalie J Shiff
Division of Rheumatology, BC Children s Hospital, Room K4 120, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4
J Rheumatol 36:410-5. 2009..We documented access to pediatric rheumatology subspecialty care for children in British Columbia (BC), Canada, referred to the pediatric rheumatology clinic at BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver... - Fitness, fatigue, disease activity, and quality of life in pediatric lupusKristin M Houghton
British Columbia Children s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 59:537-45. 2008.... - Old challenges and new directions in pediatric rheumatologyDavid A Cabral
Department of Rheumatology, Division of Pediatrics, B C Children s Hospital, University of British Columbia UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Rheumatol 33:173-84. 2006..Speakers were past and present fellows, local basic science and adult rheumatology colleagues, and pediatric rheumatologists from the Pacific North West... - Systemic lupus erythematosus in the pediatric North American Native population of British ColumbiaKristin M Houghton
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia and British Columbia s Children s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Rheumatol 33:161-3. 2006..To compare the estimated prevalence and the phenotype of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a North American Native population with other ethnic groups... - Primary Sjögren's syndrome in dizygotic adolescent twins: one case with lymphocytic interstitial pneumoniaKristin M Houghton
Division of Rheumatology, British Columbia s Children s Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
J Rheumatol 32:1603-6. 2005..We review the literature on pulmonary involvement and familial cases of pSS in childhood... - Adolescent onset of lupus results in more aggressive disease and worse outcomes: results of a nested matched case-control study within LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA LVII)L B Tucker
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lupus 17:314-22. 2008..After adjusting for ethnicity and follow-up time, jSLE patients experienced more renal and neurological manifestations, with more renal damage. There was a two-fold higher mortality rate in the jSLE group... - Gender and ethnic origin have no effect on longterm outcome of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosusPaivi M Miettunen
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
J Rheumatol 31:1650-4. 2004..CONCLUSION: The median SDI score was high for this cohort with childhood-onset SLE. In contrast to other published data, no association of male gender and/or non-Caucasian ethnicity with poor outcome was found in our study cohort... - Controversies and advances in the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in children and adolescentsLori B Tucker
Division of Rheumatology, BC, Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak St. Rm K124, Vancouver, Canada V6H 3V4
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 16:471-80. 2002..The goal of this chapter is to provide a balanced literature review and clinical approach to children and adolescents with SLE and to highlight areas requiring studies in paediatric clinical research... - The early pattern of joint involvement predicts disease progression in children with oligoarticular (pauciarticular) juvenile rheumatoid arthritisMohammad J Al-Matar
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 46:2708-15. 2002..18) and erosive disease (OR 1.19). CONCLUSION: The early presence of ankle and/or wrist disease, symmetric joint involvement, and an elevated ESR in a child with oligo-JRA indicates the likelihood of disease progression... - A pruritic linear urticarial rash, fever, and systemic inflammatory disease in five adolescents: adult-onset still disease or systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis sine arthritis?Julie S Prendiville
Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pediatr Dermatol 21:580-8. 2004..Recognition of the distinctive urticarial skin eruption and spiking fever is important in the diagnosis of a disease with severe morbidity and potentially life-threatening complications... - The role of subcutaneous administration of methotrexate in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who have failed oral methotrexateKhayriah Alsufyani
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Rheumatol 31:179-82. 2004....