title: Current knowledge of the etiology and pathogenesis of chronic uveitis accompanying juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Inflammation of ocular and articular tissues occurs together with high frequency. In children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, uveitis not only is a frequent occurrence but constitutes the most serious complication of the most common type of chronic inflammatory arthritis of childhood.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Petty
mesh_terms: D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*