Why Do We Treat? Defining Disease Control in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis.

In a recent issue of The Journal of Rheumatology , Berard et al 1 reported on the development of the Canadian recommendations for the screening, monitoring, and treatment of uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis ( JIA). 1 The guidance from this national multidisciplinary JIA-associated uveitis working group had a welcome and necessary focus on the importance of disease control but omitted a definition of controlled disease.