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Clinico-immunological profile of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at Chandigarh.
Indian Pediatrics 1999 May
OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical and immunological profile of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).
DESIGN: Retrospective hospital based study.
SETTING: Tertiary level center of North India.
SUBJECTS: 74 patients attending the Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology Clinic over last 5 years.
RESULTS: The patients were aged between 9 months to 12 years with male female ratio of 1.8:1. Eleven (14.9%) patients had systemic onset JRA, 28 (37.8%) had polyarticular onset type and 35(47.3%) had pauciarticular onset type JRA. Uveitis was present only in one patient and rheumatoid nodules were present in 4(5.4%) patients. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 2(2.7%) and antinuclear antibody was present in one patient only. HLA-B27 was positive in 4 children. Two patients developed amyloidosis.
CONCLUSION: The clinico-immunological profile of JRA at Chandigarh appears to be some what different from that reported from other centers in India.
DESIGN: Retrospective hospital based study.
SETTING: Tertiary level center of North India.
SUBJECTS: 74 patients attending the Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology Clinic over last 5 years.
RESULTS: The patients were aged between 9 months to 12 years with male female ratio of 1.8:1. Eleven (14.9%) patients had systemic onset JRA, 28 (37.8%) had polyarticular onset type and 35(47.3%) had pauciarticular onset type JRA. Uveitis was present only in one patient and rheumatoid nodules were present in 4(5.4%) patients. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 2(2.7%) and antinuclear antibody was present in one patient only. HLA-B27 was positive in 4 children. Two patients developed amyloidosis.
CONCLUSION: The clinico-immunological profile of JRA at Chandigarh appears to be some what different from that reported from other centers in India.
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