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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Classification and Basic Concepts

Historical Aspects Pediatric rheumatology, the study and treatment of acute and chronic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, blood vessels, and other tissues, originated in the first half of the 20th century, principally as a study of chronic inflammatory arthritis, the…

Adaptive Immunity and Autoimmunity

Immune defense against microbes is mediated by sequential and coordinated responses, termed innate and adaptive immunity . Innate immunity represents early response mechanisms that facilitate rapid reaction to invading pathogens in the first few hours or days after infection (see…