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Juvenile chronic arthritis--diagnosis and management. 1993

R Allen

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.

Juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) is actually a collection of conditions that together constitute the major forms of chronic arthritis in childhood. The author outlines the diagnosis and management of this condition, which should be considered as a distinct entity from the arthritides of adulthood.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D001171	Arthritis, Juvenile	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.	Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic,Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic,Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid,Childhood Arthritis,PCJIA,PJIA Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Still's Disease, Juvenile-Onset,Enthesitis-Related Arthritis, Juvenile,Juvenile Chronic Arthritis,Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis,Juvenile-Onset Still Disease,Juvenile-Onset Stills Disease,Oligoarthritis, Juvenile,Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Negative,Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Positive,Psoriatic Arthritis, Juvenile,Still Disease, Juvenile-Onset,Systemic Arthritis, Juvenile,Arthritides, Childhood,Arthritis, Childhood,Arthritis, Juvenile Enthesitis-Related,Arthritis, Juvenile Psoriatic,Arthritis, Juvenile Systemic,Childhood Arthritides,Chronic Arthritis, Juvenile,Enthesitis Related Arthritis, Juvenile,Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile,Juvenile Arthritis,Juvenile Enthesitis-Related Arthritis,Juvenile Oligoarthritis,Juvenile Onset Still Disease,Juvenile Onset Stills Disease,Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis,Juvenile Systemic Arthritis,Juvenile-Onset Still's Disease,Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile,Still Disease, Juvenile Onset,Still's Disease, Juvenile Onset,Stills Disease, Juvenile-Onset