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A recent study was conducted by Belgian researchers to determine the relationship between juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and craniofacial alterations. Their findings were published in the September, 2007 issue of the Journal of Rheumatology. They based their study on 100 patients with various subtypes of JIA. This included 12 with systemic arthritis, 25 with [...] The Arthritis Foundation recently came out with its list of the top 10 arthritis events for the year 2007. This series will focus on those events. #9: Quantification of children with arthritis and number of doctors needed Two national studies were used to estimate the number of annual hospital and doctor visits related to [...] The Arthritis Foundation recently came out with its list of the top 10 arthritis events for the year 2007. This series will focus on those events. #10: Evidence of benefit and safety of biologic therapy in children Biologic agents have been widely prescribed for children to treat inflammatory forms of arthritis, however only one [...] There have been concerns about the association of viral infections and vaccinations with acute arthritis. This has led to the proposition that a virus, such as rubella, may cause chronic arthritis. In 1992 a report published in the British Medical Journal stated that MMR vaccination was associated with acute arthritis. And until recently there [...] |
  
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