Influence of features of articular syndrome on the disabling outcomes in children with juvenal arthritis
The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of the articular syndrome clinical features on the progression of joint damage in 141 children with juvenile arthritis within an year of onset. We found the greatest risk of the joints erosions progression in children with lesions of the cervical spine (OR=8,75, p=0,03), growth retardation (OR=8,75, p=0,03), beginning of the disease with onset of polyarthritis (OR=7,45, p<0,001), hip lesion (OR=7,2, p=0,03), symmetrical arthritis versus axial asymmetrical joint involvement (OR=4,43, p=0,02), the development of muscular hypotrophy (OR=4,12, p=0,03), spread of articular lesions (OR=3,27, p=0,001).