RT Book, Section
A1 Schlesinger, Peggy
A1 Turner, Jennifer K.
A1 Hayward, Kristen
A2 Imboden, John B.
A2 Hellmann, David B.
A2 Stone, John H.
SR Print(0)
ID 57272180
T1 Chapter 20. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163805-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57272180
RD 2024/04/19
AB Juvenile  idiopathic  arthritis  (JIA)  refers  to  a  group  of  disorders  that  are  a  major  cause  of  chronic  arthritis  in  children.  It  is  the  most  common  chronic  rheumatic  disease  of  childhood  and  can  be  a  significant  cause  of  both  short-term  and  long-term  disability.  In  the  United  States,  approximately  294,000  children  younger  than  18  years  have  arthritis  or  other  rheumatic  conditions.