TY - JOUR T1 - Response to "Similarities in clinical course and outcome between juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated and ANA-positive idiopathic anterior uveitis: data from a population-based nationwide study in Germany". AU - Zhou,Avery, AU - Babiker,Fatima, AU - Philip,Andrew M, AU - Anesi,Stephen D, AU - Foster,C Stephen, Y1 - 2023/03/14/ PY - 2022/10/04/received PY - 2023/02/27/accepted PY - 2023/3/15/entrez PY - 2023/3/16/pubmed PY - 2023/3/17/medline SP - 41 EP - 41 JF - Arthritis research & therapy JO - Arthritis Res Ther VL - 25 IS - 1 N2 - We have read the article entitled "Similarities in clinical course and outcome between juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated and ANA-positive idiopathic anterior uveitis: data from a population-based nationwide study in Germany" by Heiligenhaus et al. While we appreciate the work conducted by the authors, we have several comments we would like to address. First, the follow-up interval of 2 years is too short to conclude that the clinical course between two chronic pathologies is not significantly different. Second, remission status was determined by uveitis inactivity during the 2-year follow-up visit without any mention of flare frequency or length of remission, which is not a reliable measure of uveitis control. Third, ANA-positive idiopathic anterior uveitis is not a classification with a distinct clinical phenotype, and additional reports of serologic investigations would have been helpful. SN - 1478-6362 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/36918966/Response_to_"Similarities_in_clinical_course_and_outcome_between_juvenile_idiopathic_arthritis__JIA__associated_and_ANA_positive_idiopathic_anterior_uveitis:_data_from_a_population_based_nationwide_study_in_Germany"_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -