Juvenile idiopathic arthritis among nigerians: A case study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 757-761

  Adelowo, Olufemi O ^a,c   Umar, A ^b  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Nigerians

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE;

EID: 77956267569     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1401-y     Document Type: Article

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