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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory features of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at the time of phenotypic and functional studies of peripheral blood and synovial fluid lymphocytes

From: Phenotypic and functional characterisation of CCR7+ and CCR7- CD4+memory T cells homing to the joints in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Course

No. of patients

Age (years)

Disease duration (years)

No. of joints with active/limited range of motion

PGI

ESR (mm/h)

Treatment; n

Polyarticular

10

10.9 (3.3–16.1)

3.2 (0.5–11.2)

6 (1–16)/12.2 (1–29)

8.3 (6–10)

65 (23–131)

NSAID, MTX; 7

       

NSAID, CS, MTX; 2

       

NSAID alone; 1

Oligoarticular

15

8.5 (3–17.9)

2.4 (0.3–14)

1.3 (1–3)/1.5 (1–3)

6.3 (5–10)

26.5 (7–90)

NSAID alone; 11

       

NSAID, MTX; 2

       

Nil; 2

  1. Results are means (ranges in parentheses).
  2. CS, corticosteroids; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; MTX, methotrexate; NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PGI, physician global index.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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