title: [Juvenile spondyloarthropathies: descriptive study of 40 patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of children with spondyloarthropathies diagnosed in our unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the patients with SEA syndrome, undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, psoriatic arthritis, arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease and reactive arthritis with onset symptoms before the age of 16.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty patients were diagnoses as suffering from spondyloarthropathy (29 boys and 11 girls). Eight presented a SEA syndrome, 8 undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, 8 psoriatic arthritis, 6 arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease and 10 with reactive arthritis. No patient met ankylosing spondylitis criteria. In ten children the initial diagnosis was chronic juvenile arthritis. The articular disease had a relapsing and remitting course in one third of the patients. Almost 50% had only one episode and 7 patients had one prolonged course. In general, the functional outcome was good.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Juvenile spondyloarthropathies are a group of rheumatic diseases with common clinical characteristics and differ from chronic juvenile arthritis. Their early recognition is important with regard to treatment and prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Reumatología Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Consuegra Molina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Merino Muñoz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fernández Revuelta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soler Balda
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Espondiloartropatías juveniles: estudio descriptivo de 40 pacientes.