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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common form of childhood arthritis. JIA is an umbrella term for a group of conditions that have in common chronic arthritis. The disorder is subdivided into seven categories: systemic, oligoarthritis (subcategories of persistent and extended), polyarthritis rheumatoid factor (RF) positive, polyarthritis RF negative, enthesitis-related arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and undifferentiated arthritis.
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(2010). Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. In: Klippel, J.H., Stone, J.H., Crofford, L.J., White, P.H. (eds) The Pocket Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-856-8_11
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