Clinical significance of interleukin-18 for the diagnosis and prediction of disease course in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Mao MizutaMasaki ShimizuNatsumi InoueYasuhiro IkawaYasuo NakagishiRyuhei YasuokaNaomi IwataAkihiro YachiePublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
Serum IL-18 levels of >4800 pg/ml may be useful for differentiating between s-JIA and other diseases. Monitoring of serum IL-18 levels might be useful for predicting the disease course and assessing remission in s-JIA.