Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
📋Overview
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is a term used to describe chronic inflammatory joint disease in children under the age of 16 that persists for a minimum of six weeks. This condition is idiopathic, indicating that the inflammation occurs without a clearly identified external cause.
The medical community currently prefers the term juvenile idiopathic arthritis to describe this group of disorders. This classification includes several subtypes that are distinguished by their clinical presentation and the specific number of joints involved during the first few months of symptoms.
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