Diseases

Juvenile Arthritis

Arthritis in children, with onset before 16 years of age. The terms juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) refer to classification systems for chronic arthritis in children. Only one subtype of juvenile arthritis (polyarticular-onset, rheumatoid factor-positive) clinically resembles adult rheumatoid arthritis and is considered its childhood equivalent.

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Abstract

Arthritis in children, with onset before 16 years of age. The terms juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) refer to classification systems for chronic arthritis in children. Only one subtype of juvenile arthritis (polyarticular-onset, rheumatoid factor-positive) clinically resembles adult rheumatoid arthritis and is considered its childhood equivalent.

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42 entry terms
  • Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid
  • Childhood Arthritis
  • Juvenile Chronic Arthritis
  • Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Arthritides, Childhood
  • Arthritis, Childhood
  • Childhood Arthritides
  • Chronic Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Enthesitis-Related Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Juvenile-Onset Still Disease
  • Juvenile-Onset Stills Disease
  • Oligoarthritis, Juvenile
  • PCJIA
  • PJIA Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Negative
  • Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Positive
  • Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Psoriatic Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Still Disease, Juvenile-Onset
  • Still's Disease, Juvenile-Onset
  • Systemic Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Enthesitis-Related
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Psoriatic
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Systemic
  • Enthesitis Related Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Juvenile Enthesitis-Related Arthritis
  • Juvenile Oligoarthritis
  • Juvenile Onset Still Disease
  • Juvenile Onset Stills Disease
  • Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Juvenile Systemic Arthritis
  • Juvenile-Onset Still's Disease
  • Still Disease, Juvenile Onset
  • Still's Disease, Juvenile Onset
  • Stills Disease, Juvenile-Onset

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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note entry term STILL'S DISEASE, JUVENILE-ONSET: STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET is also available

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  1. C05w.550w.114w.122w
  2. C05w.799w.056w
  3. C17.300w.775w.049w
  4. C20w.111w.198w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Juvenile Arthritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001171. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001171
  2. Juvenile Arthritis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_arthritis
  3. Juvenile Arthritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1029413