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Edward M. Behrens

Researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Publications -  137
Citations -  7540

Edward M. Behrens is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Macrophage activation syndrome. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 109 publications receiving 5266 citations. Previous affiliations of Edward M. Behrens include University of Pennsylvania.

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2016 Classification criteria for macrophage activation syndrome complicating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A European league against Rheumatism/American college of Rheumatology/Paediatric rheumatology international trials organisation collaborative initiative

TL;DR: Criteria for the classification of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is developed.
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Occult macrophage activation syndrome in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

TL;DR: Occult MAS appears to be common in patients with SJIA who undergo BMA, which suggests that macrophage activation may be integral to the pathogenesis of SJIA, with implications for treatment.
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Macrophage activation syndrome as part of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: diagnosis, genetics, pathophysiology and treatment.

TL;DR: There has been remarkable progress in the use of anti-pro-inflammatory cytokine therapy, particularly against interleukin-1, in the treatment of secondary forms of MAS, such as in sJIA.