[Effectiveness and side-effects of long-term treatment with glucocorticoids in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis].

The authors studied the response to and side effects of long-term glucocorticoid (GC) therapy of systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (SJRA). GC were given to 24 girls and 9 boys at the age of 4 to 15 years with classic SJRA in a mean dose 1.6 +/- 0.