PRECORDIAL PAIN, LEUKOCYTOSIS AND BICYTOPENIA IN A TEENAGER WITH SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS UNDER IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY

• Main Authors: Marina de Sousa Vieira (Author), Flávia Regina de Andrade (Author), Letícia Maria Kolachinski Raposo Brandão (Author), Virgínia Tafas da Nóbrega (Author), Vanessa Ramos Guissa (Author), José Roberto Provenza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: To highlight the importance of the new classification criteria for the macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in order to reduce morbidity and mortality outcome related to this disease. Case description: A 12-year-old female patient with di...