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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Rheumatology Publications

Below are recent PubMed publications by faculty members in the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

  1. Ardalan K, Marques MC, Cella D, Curran ML, Gray EL, Lee J, Fahey KJ, Wolfe ML, Pachman LM, Chang RW  Psychometric properties of patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) fixed short forms in Juvenile Myositis.  Semin Arthritis Rheum  2025 Feb 01;71:152649. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152649
  2. Duvvuri B, Gonzalez-Chapa JA, Pachman LM, Morgan GA, Naik N, Shenoi S, Lood C  The emerging role of growth differentiation factor 15 as a potential disease biomarker in juvenile dermatomyositis.  Rheumatology (Oxford)  2025 Feb 01;64(2):805-809. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kead654
  3. Ocay DD, Graziano Maloney M, D'Souza G, Brownstein CA, Clinch J, Davis DM, De Ranieri D, Donado C, Halpin M, Kattail D  et al.  Pediatric erythromelalgia from multidisciplinary perspectives: a scoping review.  Pediatr Res  2025 Jan 16;. doi:10.1038/s41390-025-03817-4
  4. Ogbu EA, Sagcal-Gironella ACP, Eberhard BA, Huggins JM, Klein-Gitelman MS, Onel K, Chen C, Huang B, Brunner HI  Implementation of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State in Pediatric Rheumatology Care: The Role of the Visual Analog Scale.  ACR Open Rheumatol  2025 Jan;7(1):e11737. pii:e11737
  5. Zhu C, Han Y, Byun J, Xiao X, Rothwell S, Miller FW, Lundberg IE, Gregersen PK, Vencovsky J, Shaw VR  et al.  Genetic Architecture of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies From Meta-Analyses.  Arthritis Rheumatol  2024 Dec 16;. doi:10.1002/art.43088
  6. Weiss PF, Brandon TG, Aggarwal A, Burgos-Vargas R, Colbert RA, Horneff G, Laxer RM, Minden K, Ravelli A, Ruperto N  et al.  Classification Criteria for Axial Disease in Youth With Juvenile Spondyloarthritis.  Arthritis Rheumatol  2024 Dec;76(12):1797-1808. doi:10.1002/art.42959
  7. Khojah A, Morgan G, Kadakia A, Klein-Gitelman MS, Pachman LM  Dyslipidemia in Juvenile Dermatomyositis.  Sci Rep  2024 Nov 03;14(1):26528. pii:26528
  8. Brunner HI, Pacheco-Tena C, Louw I, Vega-Cornejo G, Alexeeva E, Appenzeller S, Chasnyk V, Griffin T, Suarez CN, Knupp-Oliveira S  et al.  Intravenous Golimumab in Children With Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Long-Term Extension of an Open-Label Phase III Study.  J Rheumatol  2024 Nov 01;51(11):1125-1134. doi:10.3899/jrheum.2024-0298
  9. Saper VE, Tian L, Verstegen RHJ, Conrad CK, Cidon M, Hopper RK, Kuo CS, Osoegawa K, Baszis K, Bingham CA  et al.  Interleukin (IL)-1/IL-6-Inhibitor-Associated Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DReSS) in Systemic Inflammatory Illnesses.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract  2024 Nov;12(11):2996-3013.e7. doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2024.07.002
  10. Reales G, Amos CI, Benveniste O, Chinoy H, De Bleecker J, De Paepe B, Doria A, Gregersen PK, Lamb JA, Limaye V  et al.  Discovery of new myositis genetic associations through leveraging other immune-mediated diseases.  HGG Adv  2024 Oct 10;5(4):100336. pii:100336
  11. Spitznagle JC, Kacha-Ochana A, Cook-Mills JM, Morgan GA, Pachman LM  Increased vascular deposition of oxidized LDL in untreated juvenile dermatomyositis.  Pediatr Rheumatol Online J  2024 Aug 08;22(1):73. pii:73
  12. Perron MM, Ziniel SI, Curran M, Bloom JL, Vega-Fernandez P, Benham H, Torralba K, De Ranieri D, Lin C,   Needs Assessment of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training in North American Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Programs.  Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)  2024 Aug;76(8):1116-1120. doi:10.1002/acr.25337
  13. Hayward K, Grom A, Muscal E, Nigrovic PA, Rouster-Stevens KA, Ardalan K, Hiraki L, Moorthy LN,   Longitudinal program evaluation of an inter-institutional mentorship network for pediatric rheumatology using a quality improvement framework.  Pediatr Rheumatol Online J  2024 Jul 10;22(1):64. pii:64
  14. Khojah A, Pachman LM, Bukhari A, Trinh C, Morgan G, Pandey S, Le Poole IC, Klein-Gitelman MS  Decreased Peripheral Blood Natural Killer Cell Count in Untreated Juvenile Dermatomyositis Is Associated with Muscle Weakness.  Int J Mol Sci  2024 Jun 28;25(13). pii:7126
  15. Ochfeld E, Khojah A, Marin W, Morgan G, Pachman LM  Proof-of-concept study evaluating humoral primary immunodeficiencies via CJ:KREC ratio and serum BAFF level.  Sci Rep  2024 Jun 21;14(1):14356. pii:14356
  16. Khojah A, Schutt M, Morgan G, Bukhari A, Bensen N, Khanolkar A, Pachman LM  Increased percentage of HLA-DR T cells in untreated juvenile dermatomyositis.  Clin Immunol Commun  2024 Jun;5:20-25. doi:10.1016/j.clicom.2024.02.002
  17. Kassani PH, Ehwerhemuepha L, Martin-King C, Kassab R, Gibbs E, Morgan G, Pachman LM  Artificial intelligence for nailfold capillaroscopy analyses - a proof of concept application in juvenile dermatomyositis.  Pediatr Res  2024 Mar;95(4):981-987. doi:10.1038/s41390-023-02894-7
  18. Fawole OA, Reed MV, Harris JG, Hersh A, Rodriguez M, Onel K, Lawson E, Rubinstein T, Ardalan K, Morgan E  et al.  Correction: Engaging patients and parents to improve mental health intervention for youth with rheumatological disease.  Pediatr Rheumatol Online J  2024 Feb 16;22(1):27. pii:27
  19. Correll CK, Klein-Gitelman MS, Henrickson M, Battafarano DF, Orr CJ, Leonard MB, Mehta JJ  Child Health Needs and the Pediatric Rheumatology Workforce: 2020-2040.  Pediatrics  2024 Feb 01;153(Suppl 2). pii:e2023063678R
  20. Costin C, Morgan G, Khojah A, Klein-Gitelman M, Pachman LM  Lower NK cell numbers in children with untreated juvenile dermatomyositis during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Clin Immunol Commun  2023 Dec;3:42-45. doi:10.1016/j.clicom.2023.02.007
  21. Khojah A, Morgan G, Klein-Gitelman MS, Pachman LM  Juvenile dermatomyositis: association between nail fold capillary end row loop- area under the curve- and disease damage indicators.  Pediatr Rheumatol Online J  2023 Nov 13;21(1):137. pii:137
  22. Pachman LM, Morgan G, Klein-Gitelman MS, Ahsan N, Khojah A  Nailfold capillary density in 140 untreated children with juvenile dermatomyositis: an indicator of disease activity.  Pediatr Rheumatol Online J  2023 Oct 13;21(1):118. pii:118
  23. Duvvuri B, Pachman LM, Hermanson P, Wang T, Moore R, Ding-Hwa Wang D, Long A, Morgan GA, Doty S, Tian R  et al.  Role of mitochondria in the myopathy of juvenile dermatomyositis and implications for skeletal muscle calcinosis.  J Autoimmun  2023 Jul;138:103061. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2023.103061
  24. Zigler CK, Lin L, Ardalan K, Jacobe H, Lane S, Li SC, Luca NJC, Prajapati VH, Schollaert K, Teske N  et al.  Cross-sectional quantitative validation of the paediatric Localized Scleroderma Quality of Life Instrument (LoSQI): A disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure.  J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol  2023 Jul;37(7):1406-1414. doi:10.1111/jdv.19059
  25. Bukhari A, Khojah A, Marin W, Khramtsov A, Khramtsova G, Costin C, Morgan G, Ramesh P, Klein-Gitelman MS, Le Poole IC  et al.  Increased Otoferlin Expression in B Cells Is Associated with Muscle Weakness in Untreated Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Pilot Study.  Int J Mol Sci  2023 Jun 23;24(13). pii:10553
  26. Rothwell S, Amos CI, Miller FW, Rider LG, Lundberg IE, Gregersen PK, Vencovsky J, McHugh N, Limaye V, Selva-O'Callaghan A  et al.  Identification of Novel Associations and Localization of Signals in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Using Genome-Wide Imputation.  Arthritis Rheumatol  2023 Jun;75(6):1021-1027. doi:10.1002/art.42434
  27. Vega-Fernandez P, De Ranieri D, Oberle E, Clark M, Bukulmez H, Lin C, Shenoi S, Thatayatikom A, Woolnough L, Benham H  et al.  Comprehensive and reliable sonographic assessment and scoring system for inflammatory lesions of the paediatric ankle.  Rheumatology (Oxford)  2023 Jun 01;62(6):2239-2246. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keac622
  28. Gibbs E, Khojah A, Morgan G, Ehwerhemuepha L, Pachman LM  The von Willebrand Factor Antigen Reflects the Juvenile Dermatomyositis Disease Activity Score.  Biomedicines  2023 Feb 14;11(2). pii:552
  29. Vega-Fernandez P, Esteban Y, Oberle E, Proulx-Gauthier JP, Clark M, Shenoi S, Thatayatikom A, Benham H, Brunner EJ, Woolnough L  et al.  Reliability of the Pediatric Specific Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Scoring Systems for the Elbow, Wrist, and Finger Joints.  J Rheumatol  2023 Feb;50(2):236-239. doi:10.3899/jrheum.220382
  30. Zhou D, King EH, Rothwell S, Krystufkova O, Notarnicola A, Coss S, Abdul-Aziz R, Miller KE, Dang A, Yu GR  et al.  Low copy numbers of complement C4 and C4A deficiency are risk factors for myositis, its subgroups and autoantibodies.  Ann Rheum Dis  2023 Feb;82(2):235-245. doi:10.1136/ard-2022-222935
  31. Davis A, Faerber J, Ardalan K, Katcoff H, Klein-Gitelman M, Rubinstein TB, Cidav Z, Mandell DS, Knight A  The Effect of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Healthcare Utilization for Youth With Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.  J Rheumatol  2023 Feb;50(2):204-212. doi:10.3899/jrheum.220052
  32. Patel RN, Esparza VG, Lai JS, Gray EL, Reeve BB, Chang RW, Cella D, Ardalan K  Comparison of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Computerized Adaptive Testing Versus Fixed Short Forms in Juvenile Myositis.  Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)  2023 Feb;75(2):381-390. doi:10.1002/acr.24760

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