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Preferred term

Arthritis, Juvenile  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid
  • Juvenile Chronic Arthritis
  • Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

In other languages

  • French

  • AJI (Arthrite Juvénile Idiopathique)
  • Arthrite juvénile idiopathique
  • Polyarthrite chronique juvénile
  • Polyarthrite juvénile
  • Polyarthrite rhumatoïde juvénile

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WBCMVR40-2

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