Stem Cell Transplant Effective for Children With Arthritis

TOPLINE: Stem cell transplantation tames some refractory systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis–related lung disease that does not respond to other treatment. METHODOLOGY: Retrospective cohort study of 13 children with refractory systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis–related lung disease (sJIA-LD) who had allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Children whose median age was 9 years at transplantation underwent HSCT …