Which of the following is not a feature of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis –
High-Yield Explanation
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is broad term that describes a clinically heterogenous group of arthritides of unknown cause, which begin before 16 years of age.
This term encompasses several disease categories : -
1. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (see previous explanations) : -
i) Pauciarticular (oligoarticular) JRA
ii) Poly-articular JRA
RA. factor (+) ye
RA factor (-) ye
iii) Systemic JRA
Juvenile psoriatic arthritis
Juvenile enthesitis related arthritis (ERA)
Subgroups of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIM