Assessment of cardiac and pulmonary function in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
✍ Scribed by Eman A. M. Alkady; Hatem A. R. Helmy; Aliaë A. R. Mohamed-Hussein
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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## Objective To investigate concordance between physicians and parents in rating the degree of functional ability of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). ## Methods The attending physician and a parent were asked to rate independently the level of physical functioning of 155 patient