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 Yachie

Published 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.

Keyphrases

juvenile idiopathic arthritis
disease activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
magnetic resonance
ulcerative colitis