Juvenile polyautoimmunity in a rheumatology setting

Publication date: Available online 14 February 2019Source: Autoimmunity ReviewsAuthor(s): Clara Malagón, Maria del Pilar Gomez, Catalina Mosquera, Camilo Vargas, Tatiana Gonzalez, Cristine Arango, Lorena Martin, Pilar Perez, Laura Amaya-Uribe, Nicolas Molano-Gonzalez, Juan-Manuel AnayaAbstractOvert polyautoimmunity (PolyA) corresponds to the presence of more than one well-defined autoimmune disease (AD) manifested clinically in a single patient. The current study aimed to describe the main characteristics of juvenile PolyA in a pediatric rheumatology setting and analyze the chronological aspects, index cases, familial autoimmunity, and clustering pattern. This was a cross-sectional and multicenter study in which 313 children with overt PolyA were included. Patients were systematically interviewed and their medical records reviewed using a questionnaire that sought information about demographic, clinical, immunological, and familial characteristics. A hierarchical cluster analysis was done to determine similarities between autoimmune diseases based on PolyA. PolyA occurred simultaneously in 138 (44%) patients. Multiple autoimmune syndrome was observed in 62 (19.8%) patients. There were 25 index diseases of which, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, n = 134, 42.8%), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA, n = 40, 12.7%), Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT, n = 24, 7.66%), immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP n = 20, 6.39%), antiphospholipid syndrome (APS, n = 15, 4.79%...
Source: Autoimmunity Reviews - Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research