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JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND SYSTEMIC JRA

January 16th, 2011 by admin | Posted in Arthritis | No Comments »

What are the diagnostic criteria for JRA? Juvenile RA is diagnosed in children 16 years of age and under. The child must have persistent joint pain with inflammation that makes movement very difficult for at least six weeks, and other forms of childhood arthritis first must be excluded. Is it easy to misdiagnose a child [...]