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Arthritis
In Childhood (Juvenile Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid
Arthritis)
Arthritis in childhood? Isn't that only an old person's
disease? How common is arthritis in children? What are
the forms of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis? This questions
and more.
http://www.medicinenet.com/juvenile_arthritis/article.htm |
Juvenile Arthritis Info
Juvenile arthritis is the chronic inflammation of one
or more joints that develops in a person younger than
16. About 285,000 children in the United States have
juvenile arthritis.
http://www.csmc.edu/5269.html |
American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
If your child's joints stay swollen for six weeks in
a row or longer, he or she may have juvenile arthritis
(JA). It is a long-lasting (chronic) disease
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=303&topcategory=Arthritis |
Kids Health - Juvenile Arthritis
Articles on juvenile arthritis.
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/arthritis/jra.html |
Juvenile
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Types of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and their treatment.
If your question is not answer contact one of our information
specialist.
http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/jra.asp |
Diagnosis
and Evaluation
Steps for a juvenile arthritis diganosis: taking the
child's health history, physical examination, laboratory
tests, X-ray examinations, tests of joint fluid and
other tissues
http://www.orthop.washington.edu/uw/juvenilearthritis/tabID__3376/ItemID__37/PageID__6/Articles/Default.aspx |
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