Possible role of streptococcal infection in flares of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 877-880

  Barash, Judith ^a,b   Goldzweig, Ofra ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 34250666601     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22787     Document Type: Article

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