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Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology 1/2013

Open Access 01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract

PW01-038 – Genomewide association study of Still’s disease

Authors: MJ Ombrello, EF Remmers, E Zeggini, W Thomson, DL Kastner, P Woo, International Childhood Arthritis Genetics Consortium (INCHARGE)

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2013

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Still’s disease or systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a severe inflammatory disease of childhood characterized by periods of daily spiking fever, evanescent skin rash, severe arthritis, serositis, lymphoid hyperplasia, and, in up to half of cases, macrophage activation syndrome. Although thought to have a genetic component, the causes of sJIA are unknown. …
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Title
PW01-038 – Genomewide association study of Still’s disease
Authors
MJ Ombrello
EF Remmers
E Zeggini
W Thomson
DL Kastner
P Woo
International Childhood Arthritis Genetics Consortium (INCHARGE)
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-11-S1-A91

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