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6yr/o female diagnosed with enthesitis jia what can you tell me about this kind of jra? how likely is it that it will continue into adulthood?

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JIA: Formally called JRA, Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis, specifically enthesitis-type, is diagnosed in late childhood, manifests in other parts of the body such as uveitis ( inflamm of the eyes), ankylosing spondylitis(Lower lumbar), and IBD (GI). This JIA affects the places where tendons attach to the bone (called entheses), causing inflammation. The disease is lifelong, remission rates range 17-37%

Answered 6/11/2017

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