Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: clinical characteristics in 100 Thai patients.
The clinical characteristic of 100 patients diagnosed for JRA at the Department of Pediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand during 1968-1984 are reported. There were 64 male and 36 female patients with a respective ratio of 1.7:1. In ninety-one percent the age of onset was over the age of five, the most common type being polyarticular onset (77%) followed by pauciarticular onset (13%) and systemic onset (10%). Twenty percent had a positive rheumatoid factor and 4% had cardiac complications. Over half of the patients (58%) responded to salicylate and other supportive treatment. The overall remission was 36 percent with a mean follow-up of 3.8 years. The highest remission rate was found in the polyarticular type of onset (43%) followed by systemic onset (33%) and pauciarticular onset (23%). Only 11 percent of the patients responded poorly to the treatment. As opposed to Western reports differences occurred in the type of onset, sex, and eye complications.
Pongpanich
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Daengroongroj
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D000293:Adolescent; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013785:Thailand; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000209:etiology
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal