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  • Title: [Premature maturation of the carpal bones as an early diagnostic sign of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis].
    Author: Skorpik G, Koob E, Grill F.
    Journal: Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir; 1991 Jul; 23(4):202-6. PubMed ID: 1937185.
    Abstract:
    A rare premature maturation of the carpal bones in combination with swelling and flexion contracture of the wrist is demonstrated in two cases of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The radiologically verified premature and asymmetrical maturation of the carpal bones was the earliest diagnostic sign in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
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