Objectives To conduct a systematic literature review on incidence and prevalence of juvenile
idiopathic arthritis and to estimate these figures in Europe for 2010. Methods Articles on …

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a broad term that describes a clinically heterogeneous group
of arthritides of unknown cause, which begin before 16 years of age. This term …

Objective. To provide a single source for the best available estimates of the US prevalence
of and number of individuals affected by arthritis overall, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile …

OBJECTIVE: To review epidemiological studies of childhood arthritis from 1966, and to
identify possible reasons for the wide-ranging results for both prevalence and incidence of …

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common chronic rheumatic disease of unknown
aetiology in childhood and predominantly presents with peripheral arthritis. The disease is …

Objective To study the influence of ethnicity on the risk of developing juvenile idiopathic
arthritis (JIA) in a multiethnic community of patients with unrestricted access to health care …

The accumulative global burden of autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic diseases is
substantial. Studying the distribution of these conditions across various global regions and …

JIA remains an uncommon, but by no means rare, condition affecting children worldwide. 1 It
is the most common rheumatic disease of childhood. Estimates of incidence and prevalence …

Epidemiological studies of chronic arthritis in childhood can provide clues to genetic
determinants of disease manifestations and environmental triggers. Available data are …

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) refers to a group of chronic childhood arthropathies of
unknown etiology, currently classified into subtypes primarily on the basis of clinical …