Characteristics of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: its medical and orthopedic management
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Characteristics of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: its medical and orthopedic management
Abstract
The characteristics of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis have been presented and the important features of its medical and orthopedic management described. Surgical experience in a carefully studied group of 200 patients has been recounted. The increasing importance of reconstructive joint surgery is noted, preferably performed after growth has stopped.