Lothian combined paediatric ophthalmology and rheumatology service
| Autor: | B W Fleck, P Venkatesh, M MacRae |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Blinding Outpatient Clinics Hospital Uveitis Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Rheumatology Internal medicine medicine Humans Letters skin and connective tissue diseases Child business.industry Infant medicine.disease Hospitals Pediatric Sick child Sensory Systems Arthritis Juvenile Ophthalmology Scotland Family medicine Child Preschool Pediatric ophthalmology business Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis |
| Popis: | The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently published updated guidelines for ophthalmological examination in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JIA).1 UK guidelines are currently under preparation. The American guidelines reiterate the need for rigorous screening to prevent the potentially blinding complications of undiagnosed uveitis, which is often asymptomatic and insidious in onset.2 The Paediatric Ophthalmology service in Edinburgh runs a weekly joint clinic with the paediatric rheumatologists in the Sick Children’s Hospital (Edinburgh, UK). … |
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