title: [Loss of mobility in a child with Down syndrome].
abstract: Down syndrome is associated with the risk of various structural abnormalities or functional disturbances of organ systems, and with several abnormalities of the immune system. Screening and monitoring of congenital heart defects or orthopedic problems are managed and the increased risk to develop leukemia, diabetes of hypothyroidism is well known. The 3 to 6-fold incidence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Down syndrome compared with the general juvenile population is, however, less known. We describe a patient, for whom the diagnostic delay of juvenile idiopathic arthritis was eight years.
authors.affiliation: KYS:n lastenklinikka ja Kuopion yliopisto, 70211 Kuopio.
authors.forename: Liisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kröger
authors.forename: Salme
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majuri
authors.forename: Erja
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tyrväinen
authors.forename: Jarmo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jääskeläinen
mesh_terms: D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography