%0 Journal Article %T Clinical and Serological Findings in Juvenile Patients with Idiopathic Arthritis in Southwestern of Iran %J International Journal of Pediatrics %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences %Z 2345-5047 %A Alyasin, Soheila %A Moghtaderi, Mozhgan %A Rahimi, Mansour %A Amin, Reza %A Kashef, Sara %D 2014 %\ 10/01/2014 %V 2 %N 4.1 %P 331-338 %! Clinical and Serological Findings in Juvenile Patients with Idiopathic Arthritis in Southwestern of Iran %K Arthritis %K Children %K Juvenile idiopathic arthritis %K Iran %K Uveitis %R 10.22038/ijp.2014.3164 %X Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe clinical features and serological findings of children with idiopathic arthritis in south-western Iran.Methods: This descriptive study included 60 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who were referred to a pediatric rheumatology clinic at a university hospital during 6-month period. Initial manifestations, first laboratory tests and clinical course of patients were reviewed.Results: Sixty children (32 boys and 28 girls) with idiopathic arthritis ranged in age from 1.5 to 16 years. The mean age at the first presentation was 4.92 years (SD= 3.68). Oligoarthritis was the most common subtype in 27 (45%), followed by systemic- onset in 17 (28.3%) and polyarthritis in 16 (26.7%) of patients. The most commonly involved joints were knee 53(88.3%), ankle 28(46.6%) and wrist 27(45%). Uveitis was detected in two patients, and positivity for ANA titer was revealed in one patient. Conclusions: In this study, the pattern of most clinical features in different subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis resembles to other studies. Positive ANA was less; however, the low numbers of Iranian patients with uveitis was noteworthy. %U https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_3164_1a77b0983ccace7a679897c4b0c4b4fc.pdf