Abstract
The clinical characteristics of 147 Turkish patients with juvenile chronic arthritis seen between 1980 and 1988 were analyzed retrospectively. There was a male predominance (1.3:1), and a relatively low occurrence of early onset pauciarticular disease (16%), chronic anterior uveitis (7%) and positive antinuclear antigens (6%), but a high incidence of secondary amyloidosis (10%) was seen.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Amyloidosis / epidemiology
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Amyloidosis / etiology
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Antibodies, Antinuclear / immunology
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Antigens / immunology
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Arthritis, Juvenile / complications
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Arthritis, Juvenile / epidemiology*
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Arthritis, Juvenile / immunology
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Retrospective Studies
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Turkey / epidemiology
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Uveitis / epidemiology
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Uveitis / etiology
Substances
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Antibodies, Antinuclear
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Antigens