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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) involvement focusing on epidemiology, quality of life (QoL), intra-articular intervention and MRI-imaging

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) involvement focusing on epidemiology, quality of life (QoL), intra-articular intervention and MRI-imaging.

Type studie PhD-prosjekt med tre planlagte studier
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Arbeide 1. "To describe in a cross-sectional cohort with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA): (1) the prevalence of TMJ involvement (2) the associations of TMJ involvement with other disease characteristics and (3) the associations of TMJ involvement and Quality of Life (QoL) measures (Paper I)".
Arbeide 2. "To evaluate prospective findings by MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) before and after Intra-articular corticosteroid injections to the temporomandibular joints in children with
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), indicating a positive clinical outcome of treatment (increased mouth opening and reduced pain) (Paper II)".
Arbeide 3. "To describe clinical, epidemiological and radiological data focusing on TMJ-involvement in a prospective JIA-cohort in University Hospital of Tromsø, St Olavs Hospital in Trondheim and Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen (Paper III)".

Status Prosjektperiode beregnes til omtrent fem år (til 2018)
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