Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course

Fiftieen patients with adult onset Still's disease are described, all diagnosed according to recognized criteria. Mean delay in reaching a firm diagnosis was 16 months. Besides the typical clinical picture, there was a high frequency of pruriginous rash, one instance of overlapping polymyositis...

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spelling paper:paper_07703198_v11_n4_p516_Loria2023-06-08T15:45:49Z Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course Adult Onset Outcome Still's Disease chloroquine gold salt indometacin ketoprofen naproxen nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent prednisone adolescent adult article clinical article female human juvenile rheumatoid arthritis male Adolescent Adult Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal Arthrography Female Human Male Middle Age Polymyositis Prognosis Prurigo Recurrence Still's Disease, Adult-Onset Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Fiftieen patients with adult onset Still's disease are described, all diagnosed according to recognized criteria. Mean delay in reaching a firm diagnosis was 16 months. Besides the typical clinical picture, there was a high frequency of pruriginous rash, one instance of overlapping polymyositis and recurrent systemic manifeistations in most cases. Chronic polyarticular involvement predominated, with radiological progression particularly in wrist, proximal interphalangeal and hip joints. However, functional prognosis at the end of mean 4.8-year course was satisfactory, as also the response to treatment maionly with steroid drugs and, on occasion, with remiting agent to alleviate arthritis. © 1992 Acta Medica Belgica. 1992 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_07703198_v11_n4_p516_Loria http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_07703198_v11_n4_p516_Loria
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topic Adult Onset
Outcome
Still's Disease
chloroquine
gold salt
indometacin
ketoprofen
naproxen
nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent
prednisone
adolescent
adult
article
clinical article
female
human
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
male
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Arthrography
Female
Human
Male
Middle Age
Polymyositis
Prognosis
Prurigo
Recurrence
Still's Disease, Adult-Onset
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
spellingShingle Adult Onset
Outcome
Still's Disease
chloroquine
gold salt
indometacin
ketoprofen
naproxen
nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent
prednisone
adolescent
adult
article
clinical article
female
human
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
male
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Arthrography
Female
Human
Male
Middle Age
Polymyositis
Prognosis
Prurigo
Recurrence
Still's Disease, Adult-Onset
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course
topic_facet Adult Onset
Outcome
Still's Disease
chloroquine
gold salt
indometacin
ketoprofen
naproxen
nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent
prednisone
adolescent
adult
article
clinical article
female
human
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
male
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Arthrography
Female
Human
Male
Middle Age
Polymyositis
Prognosis
Prurigo
Recurrence
Still's Disease, Adult-Onset
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
description Fiftieen patients with adult onset Still's disease are described, all diagnosed according to recognized criteria. Mean delay in reaching a firm diagnosis was 16 months. Besides the typical clinical picture, there was a high frequency of pruriginous rash, one instance of overlapping polymyositis and recurrent systemic manifeistations in most cases. Chronic polyarticular involvement predominated, with radiological progression particularly in wrist, proximal interphalangeal and hip joints. However, functional prognosis at the end of mean 4.8-year course was satisfactory, as also the response to treatment maionly with steroid drugs and, on occasion, with remiting agent to alleviate arthritis. © 1992 Acta Medica Belgica.
title Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course
title_short Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course
title_full Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course
title_fullStr Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course
title_full_unstemmed Adult onset still's disease: Clinical features and course
title_sort adult onset still's disease: clinical features and course
publishDate 1992
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_07703198_v11_n4_p516_Loria
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_07703198_v11_n4_p516_Loria
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