Catalog

Juvenile idiopathic polyarthritis, rheumatoid factor positive

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Link to WHO Definition

Juvenile idiopathic polyarthritis, rheumatoid factor positive – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1335443987

Rheumatoid factor-positive polyarthritis is a juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) representing the paediatric form of rheumatoid polyarthritis in adults. The joint disease is generally bilateral and symmetrical, with a distal prominence involving the joints of the hands (wrists and fingers) and the feet (ankles and metatarsophalangeal joints).