Juvenile idiopathic arthritis in two tertiary centres in the Western Cape, South Africa

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Weakley, Kate ^a   Esser, Monika ^b   Scott, Christiaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Functional disability; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

EID: 84867194675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-10-35     Document Type: Article

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