Juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated with autoimmune hepatitis type 2
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The autoimmune burden in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
BACKGROUND Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis of unknown origin which can be considered an autoimmune disease (AD). The aim of this study is to analyse the presence of two or more autoimmune diseases (polyautoimmunity) in patients suffering from JIA and to evaluate the occurrence of ADs in their families. METHODS Seventy-nine patients diagnosed with JIA ag...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.021360