ea0013p125 | Growth and development | SFEBES2007
Wong SC
, MacRae VE
, Smith W
, Gracie JA
, McInnes IB
, Galea P
, Gardner-Medwin J
, Ahmed SF
Background: Inflammatory cytokines in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may modulate growth through systemic and local mechanisms.Aims: To study the relationship between inflammatory cytokines in serum /synovial fluid (SF) with growth and to assess the effects of serum/SF on the fetal rat metatarsal model.Subjects & Methods: 17 children with JIA (F,10): 8 oligoarticular, 2 extended oligoarticular, 6 polyarticula...