Polyarticular sentence example
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- Polyarticular JA affects five or more joints simultaneously.
- About half of all patients with polyarticular JA have arthritis of the spine and/or hip.
- Some patients with polyarticular JA will have other symptoms of a systemic illness, including anemia (low red blood cell count), decreased growth rate, low appetite, low-grade fever, and a slight rash.
- Some children go on to develop a polyarticular type of JA.
- Polyarticular JA carries a slightly worse prognosis.Advertisement
- Systemic onset JA has a variable prognosis, depending on the organ systems affected and the progression to polyarticular JA.