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Juvenile idiopathic polyarticular arthritis and IgA deficiency in the 22q11 deletion syndrome.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 2001
Davies K, Stiehm E R, Woo P, Murray K J
Abstract excerpt
Five patients with the 22q11 deletion syndrome (velocardiofacial syndrome) developed chronic inflammatory polyarticular arthritis. These new cases add to 8 previously reported and confirm the association. The arthritis in all cases was moderate to severe, but at least partially responsive to methotrexate and/or corticosteroids, and was clinically indistinguishable from juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)....
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