Catalog

Respiratory disorders in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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Link to WHO Definition

Respiratory disorders in juvenile idiopathic arthritis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1843128503

This encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. This diagnosis is in a juvenile idiopathic joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints.