Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (Still's disease)
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Most severe JIA subtype; accounts for 10-15% of all JIA cases
- Autoinflammatory (innate immune dysregulation via IL-1 and IL-6), not classic autoimmune - RF and ANA typically negative
- Peak onset 1-5 years; equal sex distribution
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