## Background Children with physical disabilities may have an increased risk for obesity and obesity might be a risk factor for inflammatory arthritis. The aims of this study were: to determine the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and to ex
PET assessment of disease activity in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
β Scribed by Ukihide Tateishi; Tomoyuki Imagawa; Noriko Kanezawa; Tetsuhiko Okabe; Kazuya Shizukuishi; Tomio Inoue; Shumpei Yokota
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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