Publications by authors named "V Lilleby"
Objective: To assess the validity of an ultrasonographic scoring system in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) by comparing ultrasound detected synovitis with whole-body MRI and clinical assessment of disease activity.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 27 patients with active JIA underwent clinical 71-joints examination, non-contrast enhanced whole-body MRI and ultrasound evaluation of 28 joints (elbow, radiocarpal, midcarpal, metacarpophalangeal 2-3, proximal interphalangeal 2-3, hip, knee, tibiotalar, talonavicular, subtalar and metatarsophalangeal 2-3). One rheumatologist, blinded to clinical findings, performed ultrasound and scored synovitis (B-mode and power Doppler) findings using a semiquantitative joint-specific scoring system for synovitis in JIA.
Objective: To estimate mortality and survival rates of SLE in a contemporary, population-based setting and assess potential influences by time, sex, ethnicity, classification criteria and age at diagnosis.
Methods: We assessed mortality and survival in the Nor-SLE cohort, which includes all chart review-confirmed SLE cases resident in Southeast Norway (population 2.9 million) 1999-2017.
Objectives: To describe power Doppler (PD) ultrasound findings in joint regions with B-mode (BM) synovitis using a standardised scanning protocol and scoring system in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Further, to examine associations between PD findings and BM synovitis, clinical arthritis, patient characteristics and disease activity.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, one experienced ultrasonographer, blinded to clinical findings, performed ultrasound examinations in 27 JIA patients with suspected clinical arthritis.
We aimed to identify cardiac function in patients with established mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). This was a cross-sectional case-control study of well-characterised MCTD patients who had previously been included in a nationwide cohort. Assessments comprised protocol transthoracic echocardiography, electrocardiogram and blood samples.
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- The study investigates high signal areas on T2 weighted MRI images of the bone marrow in the axial skeleton of healthy children and adolescents aged 5-19 years.
- A total of 196 participants were examined, leading to the identification of 415 areas of increased signal, with 75 categorized as major findings, particularly in the pelvis.
- The findings highlighted the prevalence of non-specific bone marrow hyperintensities, emphasizing the need for awareness to differentiate these from actual skeletal diseases in children.