oligoarticular love

Definitions

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  • adjective pathology That affects a few joints of the body

Etymologies

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From oligo- +‎ articular

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Examples

  • Some of the youngest patients with JIA (2 years of age on average) often have arthritis only in a few joints (oligoarticular JIA).

    Penn State Live 2010

  • We aimed to test the association between animal contact in infancy and oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA JIA).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • We aimed to test the association between animal contact in infancy and oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA JIA).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • In this Review, we discuss four subtypes of JIA: persistent oligoarticular, extended oligoarticular, rheumatoid-factor-positive polyarticular and rheumatoid-factor-negative polyarticular.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

  • Tumor necrosis factor seems to be a key mediator of both polyarticular and oligoarticular JIA, especially in the extended oligoarticular subtype, although elevated levels of other cytokines are also observed.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

  • * Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) is one of the five major types of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) (along with oligoarticular JIA, polyarticular JIA, enthesitis related arthritis and psoriatic arthritis). sJIA is characterised by arthritis, fever and a salmon-pink rash.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

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