The frequency and outcome of uveitis in patients with newly diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis in two 4-year cohorts from 1990-1993 and 2000-2003.

Objectives: To retrospectively compare the frequency and outcome of uveitis between two cohorts of patients with newly-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) separated by a 10 year interval.

Methods: The diagnosis of JIA was made in 239 patients in 1990-1993 and in 240 patients in 2000-2003 by paediatric rheumatologists at the Rheumatism Foundation Hospital, Heinola, Finland. An ophthalmologist examined all the patients regularly and diagnosed uveitis.

An evaluation of dry eye symptoms and signs in a cohort of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of dry eye symptoms and signs in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Patients And Methods: A total of 192 children with JIA: 48 oligo-, 39 extended oligo-, 79 polyarthritis, and 26 with other types of arthritis (eight juvenile spondyloarthritis, five juvenile psoriatic arthritis, three mixed connective tissue diseases, two systemic onset arthritis, and eight undetermined arthritis) were interviewed for dry eye symptoms and tested with Schirmer test with anesthetic. Two thirds of the patients were female and the mean age of the patients was 13.

Occurrence and management of ocular hypertension and secondary glaucoma in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis: An observational series of 104 patients.

Aims: To describe the development and management of ocular hypertension (OHT) and secondary glaucoma (SG) in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis.

Patients And Methods: A series of 104 patients with newly diagnosed JIA and associated uveitis was collected in 1989-1996. A re-evaluation was made after mean 9.