Pattern of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in a teaching hospital in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-25

  Alsaeid, K ^a   Alonaizi, E ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; Iridocyclitis; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008290963     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157419     Document Type: Article

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