Publications by authors named "Carolyn Zic"
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- Around 20% of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) cases are juvenile onset, leading to more severe illness and higher mortality in children and adolescents compared to adults.
- A study assessing adherence to medications in patients aged 12-25 with childhood-onset SLE found that 65% of participants were non-adherent based on various evaluation methods.
- Major barriers to adherence included medication side effects (46%), difficulty remembering doses (33%), and financial constraints (25%), highlighting the need for better support in managing their treatment.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatologic condition in children. JIA is a chronic autoimmune disease with no known cure affecting more than 1 in 1,000 children. With the development of targeted biologic therapies for JIA in the late 1990s, the outlook for children with JIA dramatically improved.
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