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Top Authors

Dirk Foell
University Hospital Münster
Sebastiaan J. Vastert
Wilhelmina Children's Hospital
Alexei A. Grom
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Masaki Shimizu
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Gerd Horneff
Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin
Dirk Holzinger
University of Duisburg-Essen
Seza Özen
Hacettepe University
Nico Wulffraat
Utrecht University
Claas Hinze
University Hospital Münster
Kirsten Minden
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Top Institutions

Ranked by publications Top 10 institutions
02

Wilhelmina Children's Hospital

Utrecht, The Netherlands

27 papers
03
06

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Tokyo, Japan

23 papers
07

Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin

Sankt Augustin, Germany

26 papers
08

Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatol­ogy Research Alliance

Milwaukee, United States

24 papers

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    Reversal of Sepsis-Like Features of Neutrophils by Interleukin-1 Blockade in Patients With Systemic-Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

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    The safety of live-attenuated vaccines in patients using IL-1 or IL-6 blockade: an international survey.

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    A novel serum calprotectin (MRP8/14) particle-enhanced immuno-turbidimetric assay (sCAL turbo) helps to differentiate systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis from other diseases in routine clinical laboratory settings.

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    Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology treatment recommendations for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

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    The Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology Consensus Recommendations on the Management of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Juvenile Still's Disease).

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    Diagnostic pitfalls in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: insights from 6 misdiagnosed cases.

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    Frontiers in pediatrics 2026; (14()):1885428 doi:10.3389/fped.2026.1885428.

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