Clinical patterns of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Zambia

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chipeta, James ^a,b   Njobvu, Panganani ^b   Wa Somwe, Somwe ^a   Chintu, Chifumbe ^a   McGill, Paul E ^c   Bucala, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1 seropositivity; JIA Clinical patterns; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENTHESITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UVEITIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84883669593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-11-33     Document Type: Article

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