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Occurrence of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases among parents of multiple offspring affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Säilä H, Savolainen A, Kauppi M, Alakulppi N, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J, Leirisalo-Repo M, Aho K
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OBJECTIVE: The rarity of reports on extended multiplex families points out that the genetic component in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) might not be particularly strong. Our objective was to determine the frequency of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases among the parents who had two or more offspring affected by JIA. METHODS: During the last 17 years patients with JIA treated at the Rheumatism Foundation...
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