Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis in children: Is it really a different entity from rheumatic fever?

Rheumatology International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 80-83

  Tutar, Ercan ^a,b   Atalay, Semra ^a,b   Yilmaz, Erdal ^a,b   Ucar, Tayfun ^a,b   Kocak, Gulendam ^a,b   Imamoglu, Ayten ^a,b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kutlutas Defne Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Group A ; Hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis; Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis

Indexed keywords

SALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SALICYLATES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035985550     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0201-3     Document Type: Article

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