Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Polyarteritis nodosa gene discovery raises new possibilities for field
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Bracing effective for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescence
Major finding: In the intention-to-treat analysis, the rate of treatment success was 75% with bracing vs.
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Late cardiac involvement not found in pediatric poststreptococcal reactive arthritis
Major finding: Echocardiography showed no significant late cardiac involvement in 69 children, aged 5-15 years, up to 7 years after incidence of...
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Doppler ultrasound detected synovitis in clinically inactive JIA
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Joint pain in children rules out JIA
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Self-management programs benefit adolescent arthritis patients
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Treatment Does Not Explain Slightly Increased Opportunistic Infections in JIA
Major Finding: Infections that occurred at a higher rate in the JIA cohort were Coccidioides (3 infections, for an incidence rate of 21 per 100,...
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Chronic Multifocal Mycobacterium fortuitum Osteomyelitis Following Penetrating Plantar Trauma
We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with Mycobacterium fortuitum osteomyelitis following a plantar puncture wound with vegetative material....
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Fulminant Spread of a Femur Anaerobic Osteomyelitis to Abdomen in a 17-Year-Old Boy
To our knowledge, distant spread of infection in anaerobic osteomyelitis has not been described before.
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Idiopathic Chronic Calcific Periarthritis in a Child
Calcific periarthritis is a calcium deposition disease of the periarticular tissues. Deposits of calcium from calcific periarthritis can be found...
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Chronic Sclerosing Osteomyelitis Treated With Wide Resection and Vascularized Fibular Autograft: A Case Report
Treatment recommendations for chronic culture-negative sclerosing osteomyelitis in the pediatric population have largely focused on supportive...