Ozgur Kasapcopur

..We conclude that the incidence of ANA positivity and uveitis is low in Turkish children with JIA...

..This case could support the role of viral infections in the etiology of SLE...

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..To evaluate the responsiveness of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) to hepatitis B vaccination and to determine the most useful vaccination schedule...

..To correlate serum anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) levels with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) subtypes and with an erosive disease course...

..The causes of atherosclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy are multifactorial in children and adolescents with ESRD. Better management of hypertension and anemia may be priorities for preventing or improving CVD in these patients...

..This report is the first study with the largest number and the youngest cohort to document the natural history of coronary calcification...

..During 12 months of follow-up, no ventricular arrhythmias were documented in either group...

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..Prolongation of PT and differences in tPA and P-selectin levels suggest that hypercoagulability may have a role in the etiopathogenesis of FMF. It may be possible to use PAI-1 as a marker for the attacks of FMF...

..The aims of this study were to evaluate LV diastolic function in paediatric dialysis patients using cPWD and TDI methods, and to compare the findings obtained with two modalities...

..In children with JIA tubular enzymuria increases during the active phase of the disease; however, it seems that permanent renal damage does not occur...

..However, the presence of glucose intolerance does not appear to be an independent risk factor for increased carotid artery IMT or LVH...

..In conclusion, a significant decline was found in dCA125 and CA125 AR levels, reflecting mesothelial cell mass, in children undergoing long-term PD (>5 years), but these were not related to PGE...

..Herein, the case of a 14-year-old girl with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome that was previously misdiagnosed as a vasculitis related to parvovirus B19 infection is presented...

..In this study, we examined the antibody responses after recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in juvenile SLE patients and whether antibody levels were affected by immunosuppressive therapy...

..Here, we tested the hypothesis that the MEFV transcript level in FMF patients correlates with its methylation level, and methylation, by allowing transcription silencing, has a role in FMF ethiopathogenesis...

..Follow-up every 6 months of children on anti-TNF-α treatment with respect to tuberculosis by the pediatric infectious disease department is important to prevent possible complications...

..To examine the purified protein derivative (PPD) response that develops depending upon Th1 immune response in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)...

..In addition, we assessed the clinical and laboratory characteristics of HSP patients with and without MEFV mutations...

..She was diagnosed as having pSS. Recurrent parotid swelling is a more characteristic feature of disease in children, and this finding should alert the clinician to the possible diagnosis of pSS...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its relation to risk factors, particularly hypertension in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...

..Further studies in not only healthy children but also in those with metabolic bone diseases would be helpful in order to evaluate its sensitivity and reproducibility...

..These results indicate that even adolescents and children with ESRD may have coronary calcifications. We concluded that impaired divalent ion metabolism is the main factor in the formation of CAC in this age group...

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..The low costs of health care system and prominent changes in the health care policies for the last 5 years in Turkey might have played role in our findings...

..To assess aerobic fitness and exercise capacity in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to determine subgroup differences...

..We conclude that changes in the peritoneal mesothelial cell mass cannot be assessed by determining CA125 in a cross-sectional way and that longitudinal determinations could be more valuable in the follow-up of patients...

..During the 12 months of follow-up, no ventricular arrhythmias were documented in either group...

..New, extensive and serial studies (especially PCR studies of synovial tissue) are needed in order to confirm the indirect results...

..Intraocular inflammation was controlled in the short term in all children; resistance developed in 4 children after long-term therapy...

..Colchicine therapy had a positive effect on anemia as well as on disease activity. Resolution of symptoms of FMF occurred with correction of the anemia, if the patient ESR values also decreased on colchicine therapy...

..The aims of this study were to evaluate the characteristics of childhood vasculitides and to establish the first registry in Turkey, an eastern Mediterranean country with a white population...

..Here we report two cases with juvenile linear scleroderma and unique renal manifestations, including unilateral renal arterial stenosis and immunoglobulin M nephropathy...

..7%) relevant with soft tissue edema/inflammation. This high correlation between sacroiliitis and enthesitis suggests that enthesitis could be an important finding in juvenile AS...

..To validate and promulgate a core set of outcome measures for the evaluation of response to treatment in patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...