Definitions

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  • Pertaining to a number of joints: as, polyarticular rheumatism.

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  • adjective Having, or affecting multiple joints

Etymologies

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poly- +‎ articular

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Examples

  • My 4 year old little girl was diagnosed with polyarticular JRA.

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  • My 4 year old little girl was diagnosed with polyarticular JRA.

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  • I have a 6 - year-old son who was just recently diagnosed with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

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  • Patients with polyarticular PsA as diagnosed by a rheumatologist and seen eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA: docosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosa - with active joint disease at our clinic during the last year were sent a writ - hexaenoic acid; nd: not detected. ten inquiry to join the study.

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  • Patients with polyarticular joint symptoms need urgent referral to a rheumatologist without awaiting radiography results

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  • In adolescents with polyarticular JIA, or about 10 percent of our patients, severe joint damage may occur.

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  • When a teenager has polyarticular JIA, the disease may resemble adult RA.

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  • Forty-three patients with polyarticular PsA were randomized to receive oral treatment for 2 weeks with either seal oil or soy oil in a double blind controlled trial.

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  • In one third of children with arthritis, many joints become inflamed (polyarticular JIA subtype).

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  • What are the key tests for someone with polyarticular symptoms and at what point do you refer?

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