The autoimmune burden in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Abstract Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis of unknown origin which can be considered an autoimmune disease (AD). The aim of this study is to analyse the presence of two or more autoimmune diseases (polyautoimmunity) in patients suffering from JIA and...

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Main Authors: Elena Tronconi, Angela Miniaci, Andrea Pession
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13052-017-0373-9