title: The articular prognosis of pauciarticular onset juvenile arthritis is not influenced by the presence of uveitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our retrospective study was to determine the longterm articular prognosis in patients with pauciarticular onset juvenile arthritis (JA) with and without uveitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-nine patients with pauciarticular onset JA with uveitis were compared to 86 without uveitis, matched for sex, age at disease onset, and duration of followup. All patients had a minimum followup of 6 years from disease onset. The outcome of arthritis was evaluated by: (1) progression to polyarticular disease; (2) hip involvement; (3) radiographic evidence of articular erosions; (4) significant functional disability at the last visit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups in the severity variables considered, single or combined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data suggest that the presence of uveitis does not influence the longterm articular prognosis in pauciarticular onset JA.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Cimaz
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Fink
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007596:Joints / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People