Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with pauciarticular onset and HLA-A, B, DR in Italian children
Falcini, F.; Tafi, L.; Taccetti, G.; Trapani, S.; Menicucci, A.; Bartolozzi, G.
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica Medical and Surgical Pediatrics 13(4): 365-367
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-5387 PMID: 1754469 Document Number: 387813
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is a heterogeneous disease currently divided into different subtypes based on clinical characteristics. Significant alterations in frequencies of HLA-A, B and DR antigens have been described previously in children with pauciarticular onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. We report the results of a study on 42 italian children with pauciarticular onset Juvenile Rheumatoid arthritis that partially confirm the literature data.