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Efficacy and safety of oral and parenteral methotrexate therapy in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: An observational study with patients from the German Methotrexate Registry

Ariane Klein, I. Kaul, Ivan Foeldvari, Gerd Ganser, Andreas Urban, Gerd Horneff

Arthritis Care & Research · 2012 · 102 citations · 17 references

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In this retrospective analysis, parenteral MTX was not superior to oral administration regarding efficacy and tolerability.

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International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: second revision, Edmonton, 2001.

Ross E. Petty, T. R. E. Southwood, Prudence Manners et al. · PubMed · 2004 · 4.2K citations

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Preliminary definition of improvement in juvenile arthritis

Edward H. Giannini, Nicolino Ruperto, Angelo Ravelli et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1997 · 1K citations

Current proposed revision of JRA Criteria. JRA Criteria Subcommittee of the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Criteria Committee of the American Rheumatism Section of The Arthritis Foundation.

Earl J. Brewer, Juan Bass, John Baum et al. · PubMed · 1977 · 633 citations

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Methotrexate in Resistant Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Edward H. Giannini, Earl J. Brewer, N. N. Kuzmina et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1992 · 589 citations · Full text

A randomized trial of parenteral methotrexate comparing an intermediate dose with a higher dose in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who failed to respond to standard doses of methotrexate

Nicolino Ruperto, Kevin Murray, V. Gerloni et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2004 · 372 citations · Full text