[Prospective observation study on the clinical course of chronic juvenile arthritis (JCA)].
A non-randomized follow-up study of 106 children with juvenile chronic arthritis was conducted for two years starting from the onset of the disease. All subgroups - with the exception of seropositive polyarthritis - showed a decrease in the number of joints affected, and activity of the disease in a number of patients. Instant remission and therapeutic effects cannot distinctly be differentiated. Radiological changes are proper criteria for early diagnosis in children with intense progressive joint-findings. X-ray examinations of the joints affected are therefore indicated at regular intervals especially, in the seropositive, occasionally in the seronegative polyarthritic subgroup.
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Schuchmann
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Michels
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Morhart
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Renz
D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000032:analysis
D006680:HLA Antigens; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor
Prospektive Beobachtungsstudie zum klinischen Verlauf der juvenilen chronischen Arthritis (JCA).