Joint distribution at presentation in children with pauciarticular arthritis

The most frequently affected joints in 215 children with pauciarticular arthritis (fewer than 5 joints involved) were knees, ankles, fingers, toes, wrists, elbows, and hips, respectively. Antinuclear antibodies were present in 68% and uveitis in 16%. Small joint arthritis should alert the physician...

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Published inThe Journal of pediatrics Vol. 134; no. 5; pp. 642 - 643
Main Authors Sharma, Seema, Sherry, David D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.05.1999
Elsevier
Mosby-Year Book, Inc
Subjects
Antibodies, Antinuclear - blood
Arthritis, Juvenile - complications
Arthritis, Juvenile - physiopathology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Females
Humans
Infant
Inflammatory joint diseases
Iritis - etiology
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Patients
Physicians
Retrospective Studies
Test Results
Visual Impairments
United States
North America
America
ANA
JRA
Human
Disease development
Symptomatology
Chronic
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Infant
Inflammatory joint disease
Joint
Child
Inflammatory monoarthritis
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Summary:The most frequently affected joints in 215 children with pauciarticular arthritis (fewer than 5 joints involved) were knees, ankles, fingers, toes, wrists, elbows, and hips, respectively. Antinuclear antibodies were present in 68% and uveitis in 16%. Small joint arthritis should alert the physician to the possibilities of pauciarticular arthritis. (J Pediatr 1999;134:642-3)
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ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70254-4