Arthritis in children, with onset before 16 years of age. The terms juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) refer to classification systems for chronic arthritis in children. Only one subtype of juvenile arthritis (polyarticular-onset, rheumatoid factor-positive) clinically resembles adult rheumatoid arthritis and is considered its childhood equivalent.

Descriptor ID	D001171
MeSH Number(s)	C05.550.114.122 C05.799.056 C17.300.775.049 C20.111.198
Concept/Terms	Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, Juvenile Juvenile Arthritis Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic Chronic Arthritis, Juvenile Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic Juvenile Chronic Arthritis Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile Juvenile-Onset Still Disease Juvenile-Onset Still Disease Juvenile Onset Still Disease Systemic Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, Juvenile Systemic Juvenile Systemic Arthritis Still's Disease, Juvenile-Onset Juvenile-Onset Still's Disease Still's Disease, Juvenile Onset Juvenile-Onset Stills Disease Juvenile Onset Stills Disease Stills Disease, Juvenile-Onset Still Disease, Juvenile-Onset Still Disease, Juvenile Onset Oligoarthritis, Juvenile Oligoarthritis, Juvenile Juvenile Oligoarthritis Enthesitis-Related Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, Juvenile Enthesitis-Related Enthesitis Related Arthritis, Juvenile Juvenile Enthesitis-Related Arthritis Psoriatic Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, Juvenile Psoriatic Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Positive Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Negative

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