Table 3 Criteria for inactive disease and clinical remission in juvenile idiopathic arthritisa
Criteria |
   No active synovitis |
   No fever, rash, serositis, splenomegaly, or generalized lymphadenopathy attributable to juvenile idiopathic arthritis |
   No active uveitis |
   Normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate and/or C-reactive protein |
   Physician's global assessment of disease activity indicates no active disease |
Inactive disease |
   Requires that the patient satisfy all of the above criteria |
Clinical remission on medication |
   Six continuous months of inactive disease on medication |
Clinical remission off of medication |
   12 continuous months of inactive disease off all anti-arthritis and anti-uveitis medications |