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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: the transition to adulthood

Authors: Susana Fernandes, José António Melo Gomes, Sónia Melo Gomes, Fernando Martins

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2014

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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is term used to classify a group of heterogeneous pediatric rheumatic diseases. Many of these conditions remain active until adulthood and when patients start to be followed by adult Rheumatologists there may arise some classification problems once AIA (Adult Idiopatic Arthritis) does not exist! Many published papers regarding the transition of JIA into adulthood miss this point. …

Title: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: the transition to adulthood
Authors: Susana Fernandes
José António Melo Gomes
Sónia Melo Gomes
Fernando Martins
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-12-S1-P193

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