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ISBN: | 9783319198217 3319198211 9783319081021 3319081020 9783319081014 3319081012
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed February 8, 2016).
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Summary: | This handbook is an in-depth and comprehensive guide for the treatment and management of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The handbook provides an informative review of the disease looking at the epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, issues of diagnosis and classification, consequences and complications, general treatment aspects, as well as both non pharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy whilst considering the future outlook for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common type of arthritis found in children and adolescents, affecting about 1 in 1,000 children. It is a chronic disease which causes inflammation, pain and swelling of the affected joints and can affect joints in any part of the body. This Handbook provides an unbiased, informative discussion of the current and emerging treatments in this field.
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Other form: | Print version: Ravelli, Angelo. Handbook of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 9783319081014 3319081012
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Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-08102-1
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