Juvenile chronic arthritis in a Turkish population.
The clinical characteristics of 147 Turkish patients with juvenile chronic arthritis seen between 1980 and 1988 were analyzed retrospectively. There was a male predominance (1.3:1), and a relatively low occurrence of early onset pauciarticular disease (16%), chronic anterior uveitis (7%) and positive antinuclear antigens (6%), but a high incidence of secondary amyloidosis (10%) was seen.
Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
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Ozdogan
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Kasapçopur
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Dede
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Arisoy
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Beceren
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Yurdakul
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Yazici
D000293:Adolescent; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D000941:Antigens