Radiological cervical spine involvement in polyarticular idiopathic juvenile arthritis
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Patients and method All consecutive pJIA followed in a transition program have been included in this study. Demographic and rheumatism characteristics were collected. Laboratory tests and standard radiographies of the cervical spine (antero-posterior, lateral view with flexion and extension and open mouth view), hands and feet were performed. A RA control group (<55years), matched for sex and disease duration, was recruited.
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Radiological cervical spine involvement in young adults with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
OBJECTIVES Radiological cervical spine involvement in JIA has already been assessed with a large range of prevalence (5-80%), but most studies were performed a long time ago, in symptomatic JIA and without differentiating subsets of JIA. We set out to describe structural cervical spine involvement in young adults with polyarticular JIA (pJIA) regardless of the cervical symptoms and to compare l...
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