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  • Title: Juvenile idiopathic oligoarthritis: analysis of 42 cases in Jordan.
    Author: Al-Wahadneh AM, Abu-Zeid AF, Khreisat WH.
    Journal: East Mediterr Health J; 2007; 13(2):461-4. PubMed ID: 17684867.
    Abstract:
    We conducted a retrospective chart review for all 42 patients, 9 males and 33 females, diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic oligoarthritis between July 1995 and October 2004 at the paediatric rheumatology clinic in King Hussein Medical Centre. Age range was 1.2-15.2 years, mean 3.6 (standard deviation 2.4) years. Of those <6 years, 80% were females. Most patients (64%) had monoarthritis; the knee was the most common joint affected (71%). Two patients had developed extended oligoarthritis. Nine (21%) had asymptomatic uveitis: 6 females (P = 0.350), 7 (77%) <3 years of age (P = 0.301) and 7 (77%) with antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) (P = 0.071). Eighteen (43%) females were positive for ANAs. Most patients had undergone unnecessary, lengthy work-up and treatment before diagnosis.
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