Publications 2026

Hetlevik SO, Lilleby V, Pesonen M, Nordal E, Rygg M, Austad C, Jonsson MK, Bilstad M, Høiberg HK, Sande NK, Flatø B, Lillegraven S, Haavardsholm EA, Ramanan AV, Molberg Ø, Bøyesen P, Aga AB (2026)
Moving towards optimized treatment for children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in sustained remission randomized to continue stable treatment, methotrexate withdrawal or tumor necrosis factor inhibitor withdrawal: study protocol for the Norwegian multi-center MOVE-JIA trial
Trials (in press)
DOI 10.1186/s13063-026-09539-0, PubMed 41703606

Mørk R, Bøyesen P, Kindem IA, Lilleby J, Gunnarsson R, Molberg Ø, Lilleby V (2026)
Avacopan as an add-on therapy in a paediatric patient with new-onset granulomatosis with polyangiitis and acute kidney injury: a case report
Rheumatology (Oxford), 65 (1)
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf523, PubMed 41075162

Publications 2024

Moe SR, Haukeland H, Brunborg C, Botea A, Damjanic N, Wivestad GÅ, Øvreås H, Bøe T, Orre A, Garen T, Lilleby V, Provan SA, Molberg Ø, Lerang K (2024)
Persisting mortality gap in systemic lupus erythematosus; a population-based study on juvenile- and adult-onset SLE in Norway 1999-2022
Rheumatology (Oxford), 63 (8), 2109-2117
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/kead519, PubMed 37769251

Sande NK, Kirkhus E, Lilleby V, Tomterstad AH, Aga AB, Flatø B, Bøyesen P (2024)
Validity of an ultrasonographic joint-specific scoring system in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a cross-sectional study comparing ultrasound findings of synovitis with whole-body magnetic resonance imaging and clinical assessment
RMD Open, 10 (1)
DOI 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003965, PubMed 38428979

Publications 2023

Berger SG, Witczak BN, Reiseter S, Schwartz T, Andersson H, Hetlevik SO, Berntsen KS, Sanner H, Lilleby V, Gunnarsson R, Molberg Ø, Sjaastad I, Stokke MK (2023)
Cardiac dysfunction in mixed connective tissue disease: a nationwide observational study
Rheumatol Int, 43 (6), 1055-1065
DOI 10.1007/s00296-023-05308-3, PubMed 36933069

Sande NK, Lilleby V, Aga AB, Kirkhus E, Flatø B, Bøyesen P (2023)
Associations between power Doppler ultrasound findings and B-mode synovitis and clinical arthritis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis using a standardised scanning approach and scoring system
RMD Open, 9 (1)
DOI 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002937, PubMed 36963783

Publications 2022

von Brandis E, Jenssen HB, Avenarius DFM, Bjørnerud A, Flatø B, Tomterstad AH, Lilleby V, Rosendahl K, Sakinis T, Zadig PKK, Müller LO (2022)
Automated segmentation of magnetic resonance bone marrow signal: a feasibility study
Pediatr Radiol, 52 (6), 1104-1114
DOI 10.1007/s00247-021-05270-x, PubMed 35107593

von Brandis E, Jenssen HB, Avenarius DFM, Bjørnerud A, Flatø B, Tomterstad AH, Lilleby V, Rosendahl K, Sakinis T, Zadig PKK, Müller LO (2022)
Correction to: Automated segmentation of magnetic resonance bone marrow signal: a feasibility study
Pediatr Radiol, 52 (6), 1196
DOI 10.1007/s00247-022-05315-9, PubMed 35192023

von Brandis E, Zadig PK, Avenarius DFM, Flatø B, Kristian Knudsen P, Lilleby V, Nguyen B, Rosendahl K, Ording Müller LS (2022)
Whole body magnetic resonance imaging in healthy children and adolescents. Bone marrow appearances of the axial skeleton
Eur J Radiol, 154, 110425
DOI 10.1016/j.ejrad.2022.110425, PubMed 35843014

Publications 2021

Sande NK, Bøyesen P, Aga AB, Hammer HB, Flatø B, Roth J, Lilleby V (2021)
Development and reliability of a novel ultrasonographic joint-specific scoring system for synovitis with reference atlas for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
RMD Open, 7 (2)
DOI 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001581, PubMed 33883255

Publications 2020

de Jesus AA, Hou Y, Brooks S, Malle L, Biancotto A, Huang Y, Calvo KR, Marrero B, Moir S, Oler AJ, Deng Z, Montealegre Sanchez GA, Ahmed A, Allenspach E, Arabshahi B, Behrens E, Benseler S, Bezrodnik L, Bout-Tabaku S, Brescia AC, Brown D, Burnham JM, Caldirola MS, Carrasco R, Chan AY et al. (2020)
Distinct interferon signatures and cytokine patterns define additional systemic autoinflammatory diseases
J Clin Invest, 130 (4), 1669-1682
DOI 10.1172/JCI129301, PubMed 31874111

Publications 2019

Hammenfors DS, Valim V, Bica BERG, Pasoto SG, Lilleby V, Nieto-González JC, Silva CA, Mossel E, Pereira RMR, Coelho A, Bootsma H, Thatayatikom A, Brun JG, Jonsson MV (2019)
Juvenile Sjögren's Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics With Focus on Salivary Gland Ultrasonography
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 72 (1), 78-87
DOI 10.1002/acr.23839, PubMed 30697959

Skagen K, Hetlevik SO, Zamani M, Lilleby V, Skjelland M (2019)
Preclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients With Juvenile-Onset Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 28 (5), 1295-1301
DOI 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.01.027, PubMed 30772156

Skjelland M, Zamani M, Hetlevik S, Lilleby V, Halvorsen B, Skagen K (2019)
Increased Endothelial Activation in Patients with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 29 (2), 104563
DOI 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.104563, PubMed 31831329

Witczak BN, Hetlevik SO, Sanner H, Barth Z, Schwartz T, Flatø B, Lilleby V, Sjaastad I (2019)
Effect on Cardiac Function of Longstanding Juvenile-onset Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: A Controlled Study
J Rheumatol, 46 (7), 739-747
DOI 10.3899/jrheum.180526, PubMed 30877222

Publications 2018

Aulie HA, Estensen ME, Selvaag AM, Lilleby V, Flatø B, Aakhus S (2018)
Arterial properties in adults with long-lasting active juvenile idiopathic arthritis compared to healthy controls
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J, 16 (1), 85
DOI 10.1186/s12969-018-0302-5, PubMed 30594204

Hetlevik SO, Flatø B, Aaløkken TM, Lund MB, Reiseter S, Mynarek GK, Nordal E, Rygg M, Lilleby V (2018)
Pulmonary Manifestations and Progression of Lung Disease in Juvenile-onset Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
J Rheumatol, 46 (1), 93-100
DOI 10.3899/jrheum.180019, PubMed 30068767

Tollisen A, Selvaag AM, Aulie HA, Lilleby V, Aasland A, Lerdal A, Flatø B (2018)
Physical Functioning, Pain, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Longitudinal 30-Year Followup Study
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 70 (5), 741-749
DOI 10.1002/acr.23327, PubMed 28732134

Publications 2017

Roth J, Ravagnani V, Backhaus M, Balint P, Bruns A, Bruyn GA, Collado P, De la Cruz L, Guillaume-Czitrom S, Herlin T, Hernandez C, Iagnocco A, Jousse-Joulin S, Lanni S, Lilleby V, Malattia C, Magni-Manzoni S, Modesto C, Rodriguez A, Nieto JC, Ohrndorf S, Rossi-Semerano L, Selvaag AM, Swen N, Ting TV et al. (2017)
Preliminary Definitions for the Sonographic Features of Synovitis in Children
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 69 (8), 1217-1223
DOI 10.1002/acr.23130, PubMed 27748074

Selvaag AM, Kirkhus E, Törnqvist L, Lilleby V, Aulie HA, Flatø B (2017)
Radiographic damage in hands and wrists of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis after 29 years of disease duration
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J, 15 (1), 20
DOI 10.1186/s12969-017-0151-7, PubMed 28399930

Publications 2016

Benjaminsen E, Reigstad A, Cengija V, Lilleby V, Carlsson M (2016)
Stroke as the Sole Manifestation of Takayasu Arteritis in a 15-Year-Old Boy with Latent Tuberculosis
Case Rep Neurol Med, 2016, 8736248
DOI 10.1155/2016/8736248, PubMed 27965905

Gunnarsson R, Hetlevik SO, Lilleby V, Molberg Ø (2016)
Mixed connective tissue disease
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol, 30 (1), 95-111
DOI 10.1016/j.berh.2016.03.002, PubMed 27421219

Hetlevik SO, Flatø B, Rygg M, Nordal EB, Brunborg C, Hetland H, Lilleby V (2016)
Long-term outcome in juvenile-onset mixed connective tissue disease: a nationwide Norwegian study
Ann Rheum Dis, 76 (1), 159-165
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209522, PubMed 27283334

Publications 2015

Aulie HA, Estensen ME, Selvaag AM, Lilleby V, Murbraech K, Flatø B, Aakhus S (2015)
Cardiac Function in Adult Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
J Rheumatol, 42 (9), 1716-23
DOI 10.3899/jrheum.141351, PubMed 26178287

Johnsson A, Flatø B, Knudsen PK, Lilleby V (2015)
Clinical outcome in a Norwegian cohort of patients with chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
Scand J Rheumatol, 44 (6), 513-4
DOI 10.3109/03009742.2015.1055514, PubMed 26312400

Publications 2014

Aulie HA, Selvaag AM, Günther A, Lilleby V, Molberg Ø, Hartmann A, Holdaas H, Flatø B (2014)
Arterial haemodynamics and coronary artery calcification in adult patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis, 74 (8), 1515-21
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204804, PubMed 24695010

Lilleby V, Haydon J, Sanner H, Krossness BK, Ringstad G, Flatø B (2014)
Severe macrophage activation syndrome and central nervous system involvement in juvenile dermatomyositis
Scand J Rheumatol, 43 (2), 171-3
DOI 10.3109/03009742.2013.863968, PubMed 24588361

Selvaag AM, Aulie HA, Lilleby V, Flatø B (2014)
Disease progression into adulthood and predictors of long-term active disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis, 75 (1), 190-5
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206034, PubMed 25362042

Publications 2012

Lilleby V, Palm Ø, Andersson H, Gran JT, Aaløkken TM (2012)
[A man in his sixties with hoarseness, difficulty breathing and chest pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 132 (3), 308-11
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0765, PubMed 22314743

Publications 2009

Aaløkken TM, Lilleby V, Søyseth V, Mynarek G, Pripp AH, Johansen B, Førre O, Kolbenstvedt A (2009)
Chest abnormalities in juvenile-onset mixed connective tissue disease: assessment with high-resolution computed tomography and pulmonary function tests
Acta Radiol, 50 (4), 430-6
DOI 10.1080/02841850902787677, PubMed 19277918

Publications 2007

Lilleby V (2007)
Bone status in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
Lupus, 16 (8), 580-6
DOI 10.1177/0961203307079040, PubMed 17711892

Lilleby V, Haugen M, Mørkrid L, Frey Frøslie K, Holven KB, Førre O (2007)
Body composition, lipid and lipoprotein levels in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Scand J Rheumatol, 36 (1), 40-7
DOI 10.1080/03009740600907881, PubMed 17454934

Publications 2006

Lilleby V, Aaløkken TM, Johansen B, Førre Ø (2006)
Pulmonary involvement in patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Clin Exp Rheumatol, 24 (2), 203-8
PubMed 16762160

Publications 2005

Clarke-Jenssen AC, Fredriksen PM, Lilleby V, Mengshoel AM (2005)
Effects of supervised aerobic exercise in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a pilot study
Arthritis Rheum, 53 (2), 308-12
DOI 10.1002/art.21082, PubMed 15818657

Lilleby V, Flatø B, Førre O (2005)
Disease duration, hypertension and medication requirements are associated with organ damage in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Clin Exp Rheumatol, 23 (2), 261-9
PubMed 15895902

Lilleby V, Lien G, Frey Frøslie K, Haugen M, Flatø B, Førre Ø (2005)
Frequency of osteopenia in children and young adults with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Arthritis Rheum, 52 (7), 2051-9
DOI 10.1002/art.21115, PubMed 15986346

Smerdel-Ramoya A, Finholt C, Lilleby V, Gilboe IM, Harbo HF, Maslinski S, Førre Ø, Thorsby E, Lie BA (2005)
Systemic lupus erythematosus and the extended major histocompatibility complex--evidence for several predisposing loci
Rheumatology (Oxford), 44 (11), 1368-73
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/kei015, PubMed 16174649

Viken MK, Amundsen SS, Kvien TK, Boberg KM, Gilboe IM, Lilleby V, Sollid LM, Førre OT, Thorsby E, Smerdel A, Lie BA (2005)
Association analysis of the 1858C>T polymorphism in the PTPN22 gene in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other autoimmune diseases
Genes Immun, 6 (3), 271-3
DOI 10.1038/sj.gene.6364178, PubMed 15759012

Publications 2000

Lilleby V, Gran JT (2000)
[Felty's syndrome]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 120 (9), 1038-40
PubMed 10833963

Publications 1997

Lilleby V, Gran JT (1997)
[Remittent seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 117 (4), 517-8
PubMed 9148450

Lilleby V, Gran JT (1997)
[Systemic rheumatoid arthritis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 117 (29), 4223-5
PubMed 9441465