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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
Careful study of inflammatory and immunologic parameters in JRA and other connective tissue diseases of childhood has contributed to our current understanding of these diseases. Examination of serum for acute phase reactants, and antibodies to immunoglobulin antigens and nuclear antigens, combined with radiologic evaluation of symptomatic joints and, when indicated, examination of joint fluid or synovial membrane, may confirm the diagnosis of JRA. Changes in inflammatory indicators can be used as an index of adequacy of treatment. An ANA positivity in the child with pauciarticular arthritis should always prompt frequent slit-lamp examinations for asymptomatic iridocyclitis. The role played by auto-antibodies in the pathogenesis of JRA is unknown, as is the possible effect of proteins like CRP on the regulation of the inflammatory process in these children.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0004-3591
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
260-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Serologic studies in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: a review.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review