Parvovirus B19 in the acute arthropathies and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis


Oguz F., Akdeniz C., Unuvar E., Kucukbasmaci O., Sidal M.

JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH, vol.38, no.4, pp.358-362, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of recent parvovirus B19 infection in a cohort of children presenting with acute arthropathy and to determine the prevalence of a subsequent diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in this cohort.