Fifty-eight adults were studied an average of 14.5 years after the diagnosis of juvenile
rheumatoid arthritis had been made. The pattern of disease had been typical with respect to …

THE true incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in childhood is difficult to assess, because the
disease is so variable in its manifestations that it is frequently misdiagnosed, and because …

FEW studies on juvenile rheumatoid arthritis have included both the social and medical
characteristics of the affected children and their families. To date no observations on the …

Forty-six adults whose rheumatoid arthritis commenced in childhood were studied. Their
disease appeared similar to adult-onset rheumatoid arthritis, most patients having …

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease which involves not only the joints but produces
connective tissue and visceral lesions. Most investigators believe that rheumatoid arthritis in …

A search for serologic abnormalities in 200 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
revealed rheumatoid factor in 12 per cent and antinuclear antibody in 4 per cent. Elevated …

The clinical and laboratory features of 50 subjects with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis are
reviewed. The frequency of systemic manifestations is emphasized, but such involvement …

During the past few years there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in rheumatoid
disease in childhood; articles on this subject have appear~ d with increasing frequency in …

Data relative to 102 patients seen between 1940 and 1960 with infantile rheumatoid arthritis
were analyzed. The systemic nature of the disease and variable early clinical picture make …

Although juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) was first described by Cornil (1864) and by Still
(1897), the paediatrician often encounters aetiological, diag-nostic, and prognostic …