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Sylvia Ota
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 8
Citations - 476
Sylvia Ota is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Juvenile dermatomyositis & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications receiving 434 citations.
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The effectiveness of treating juvenile dermatomyositis with methotrexate and aggressively tapered corticosteroids.
Athimalaipet V Ramanan,N. Campbell-Webster,Sylvia Ota,S. Parker,D. Tran,Pascal N. Tyrrell,Bonnie Cameron,Lynn Spiegel,Rayfel Schneider,R. M. Laxer,Earl D. Silverman,Brian M. Feldman +11 more
TL;DR: Use of methotrexate in conjunction with an aggressively tapered course of prednisone may be as effective as traditional long-term corticosteroid therapy for children with DM, while decreasing the cumulative dose of Corticosteroids.
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Sleep and fatigue and the relationship to pain, disease activity and quality of life in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and juvenile dermatomyositis
Yonatan Butbul Aviel,Robyn Stremler,Susanne M. Benseler,Bonnie Cameron,Ronald M. Laxer,Sylvia Ota,Rayfel Schneider,Lynn Spiegel,Jennifer Stinson,Shirley M. L. Tse,Brian M. Feldman +10 more
TL;DR: Sleep disturbance and fatigue are prevalent among children with different rheumatic diseases and are strongly associated with increased pain and decreased quality of life.
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Treatment Approaches to Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) Across North America: The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) JDM Treatment Survey
Elizabeth Stringer,John F. Bohnsack,Suzanne L. Bowyer,Thomas A. Griffin,Adam M. Huber,Bianca Lang,Carol B. Lindsley,Sylvia Ota,Clarissa Pilkington,Ann M. Reed,Rosie Scuccimarri,Brian M. Feldman +11 more
TL;DR: For the majority of North American pediatric rheumatologists, corticosteroids and MTX appear to be the standard of care for typical cases of JDM, there is variability, however, in the route of administration of cortic Fosteroids and use of IVIG and hydroxychloroquine.
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Definitions for haemophilia prophylaxis and its outcomes: The Canadian Consensus Study
Sylvia Ota,M. Mclimont,Manuel Carcao,Victor S. Blanchette,N. Graham,Elizabeth Paradis,Brian M. Feldman +6 more
TL;DR: Haemophilia terms were successfully defined using the Delphi approach, and five of the seven terms were highly endorsed with greater than 90% agreement.
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Validation of the oral mucositis assessment scale in pediatric cancer.
Lillian Sung,George Tomlinson,Mark L. Greenberg,Gideon Koren,Peter Judd,Sylvia Ota,Brian M. Feldman +6 more
TL;DR: The objective was to examine the construct validity of the Oral Mucositis Assessment Scale (OMAS) in children receiving doxorubicin chemotherapy.