Clinico-immunological profile of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at Chandigarh.
Indian Pediatr
;
1999 May; 36(5): 449-54
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
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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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Assunto principal:
Artrite Juvenil
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Criança
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Pré-Escolar
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Incidência
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Fatores de Risco
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Distribuição por Sexo
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de incidência
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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