title: Renal amyloidosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: We report a child who developed juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 7 years and nephrotic syndrome due to renal amyloidosis within 2 years of the onset of arthropathy. Literature on the management and prognosis has also been reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chugh
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sakhuja
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology