Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
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While the long-term outlook of JRA varies with different forms of the disease, over 1/3 of children in general will have active disease that persists into their adult lives, while the remainder experience a remission by the time they reach adulthood. Moreover, 30-50% of patients experience significant limitations in daily functioning 10 years after the onset of their disease. For these reasons, prompt recognition of and proper therapy for JRA are crucial and can have a lasting impact on the quality of the child’s life.
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