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Merav Heshin-Bekenstein

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Toor K, Chen A, Cabral D, Mammen C, Bosman E, Shen Y, et al.
Arthritis Rheumatol . 2024 Dec; PMID: 39624015
Objective: We aimed to study the disease course, outcomes, and predictors of outcome in pediatric-onset antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) affecting the kidneys. Methods: Patients eligible for this study...
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Eviatar T, Ziv A, Oved A, Miller-Barmak A, Pappo A, Livny R, et al.
Vaccine . 2024 Oct; 42(26):126426. PMID: 39423454
This prospective, longitudinal, multicenter study assessed the safety and efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine among children 4-11 years-old with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatologic disease (AIIRD), compared to healthy...
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Baldo F, Erkens R, Mizuta M, Rogani G, Lucioni F, Bracaglia C, et al.
Rheumatology (Oxford) . 2024 Jul; 64(1):32-44. PMID: 39058514
Objective: To assess current treatment in macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) worldwide and to highlight any areas of major heterogeneity of practice. Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in both...
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Eviatar T, Pappo A, Freund T, Friedlander Y, Elkayam O, Hagin D, et al.
Clin Exp Immunol . 2024 May; 217(2):167-172. PMID: 38767466
This paper aims to compare the cellular immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine of pediatric patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease (pAIIRD) and healthy controls. A prospective longitudinal study...
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Maritsi D, Dasoula F, Ziv A, Bizjak M, Balaziova B, Matosevic M, et al.
Eur J Pediatr . 2024 Apr; 183(7):2937-2944. PMID: 38619568
While most countries provide safe and effective influenza vaccines for at-risk groups, influenza vaccine coverage among children with rheumatic diseases remains uncertain. This study investigated influenza vaccination rates in children...
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Kaya Akca U, Batu E, Jelusic M, Calatroni M, Bakry R, Frkovic M, et al.
Rheumatology (Oxford) . 2023 Dec; 63(SI2):SI122-SI128. PMID: 38135503
Objective: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is an ANCA-associated vasculitis. The 2022 ACR/EULAR-endorsed classification criteria for GPA was derived using data only from adult patients. We aimed to assess the performance...
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Heshin-Bekenstein M, Baron S, Schulert G, Shusterman A, Fidel V, Ben-Shahar Y, et al.
Arthritis Res Ther . 2023 Jul; 25(1):135. PMID: 37525216
Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children, causing significant morbidity. Despite the dramatic improvement in treatment, many patients do not achieve complete remission,...
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Sestan M, Kifer N, Sozeri B, Demir F, Ulu K, Silva C, et al.
Semin Arthritis Rheum . 2023 May; 61:152209. PMID: 37126983
Objective: IgA vasculitis (IgAV) (formerly Henoch-Schönlein Purpura, HSP) rarely causes severe skin lesions in children. The purpose of the research was to determine whether severe skin manifestations were associated with...
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Heshin-Bekenstein M, Ziv A, Toplak N, Lazauskas S, Kadishevich D, Ben-Nun Yaari E, et al.
Vaccines (Basel) . 2023 Apr; 11(4). PMID: 37112731
Background: To explore the long-term safety and dynamics of the immune response induced by the second and third doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents with juvenile-onset autoimmune...
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Bizjak M, Heshin-Bekenstein M, Jansen M, Ziv A, Angevare S, Uziel Y, et al.
Front Pediatr . 2023 Jan; 10:1098332. PMID: 36704144
With the introduction of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), the treatment of pediatric patients with autoimmune/inflammatory rheumatic diseases (pedAIIRD) has advanced from the "Stone Age" to modern times, resulting in...