Newly Proposed Classification for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Kyung-Sue Shin

doi:10.4078/jrd.2018.25.2.79

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Shin: Newly Proposed Classification for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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J Rheum Dis 2018;25(2):79-80.

Published online: 30 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4078/jrd.2018.25.2.79

Newly Proposed Classification for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Kyung-Sue Shin

Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea

Corresponding to: Kyung-Sue Shin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7179-9599 Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, 11 Samjeongja-ro, Seongsan-gu, Changwon 51472, Korea. E-mail: kyungsue@gnuh.co.kr

Received 22 February 20181 March 2018 Accepted 2 March 2018

This is a Open Access article, which permits unrestricted non-commerical use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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