Clinico-immunological profile of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at Chandigarh.
Indian Pediatr
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1999 May; 36(5): 449-54
Article
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-13702
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To study the clinical and immunological profile of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).DESIGN:
Retrospective hospital based study.SETTING:
Tertiary level center of North India.SUBJECTS:
74 patients attending the Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology Clinic over last 5 years.RESULTS:
The patients were aged between 9 months to 12 years with male female ratio of 1.81. Eleven (14.9%) patients had systemic onset JRA, 28 (37.8%) had polyarticular onset type and 35(47.3%) had pauciarticular onset type JRA. Uveitis was present only in one patient and rheumatoid nodules were present in 4(5.4%) patients. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 2(2.7%) and antinuclear antibody was present in one patient only. HLA-B27 was positive in 4 children. Two patients developed amyloidosis.CONCLUSION:
The clinico-immunological profile of JRA at Chandigarh appears to be some what different from that reported from other centers in India.
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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Arthrite juvénile
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
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Enfant
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Enfant d'âge préscolaire
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Incidence
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Études rétrospectives
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Facteurs de risque
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Répartition par sexe
Type d'étude:
Etude d'étiologie
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Etude d'incidence
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Étude observationnelle
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Étude pronostique
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Facteurs de risque
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Indian Pediatr
Année:
1999
Type:
Article
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