TITLE:
The difficult management of systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Level of serum ferritin as aspecific diagnostic finding
AUTHORS:
Maria Giovanna Colella, Giuseppe Buttaro, Lucia Masi, Elena Palma, Raffaele Amelio, Alexander Vallone
KEYWORDS:
Fever of Unknown Origin; Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis; Ferritin
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.2 No.1,
March
21,
2012
ABSTRACT: Systemic-onset JRA is characterized by spiking fevers lasting more than two weeks, typically occurring once, twice each day, with temperature returning to the normal or below normal. There are no specific diagnostic tests for systemic JRA. High level of serum ferritin is the most important, no specific, diagnostic finding associated.