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Case Report
Polyarthritis and Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Child
Franck Launay1, Isabelle Koné Paut2
- Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Department, la Timone Teaching
Hospital, boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric hematology, and Pediatric
Rheumatology, Bicêtre Teaching Hospital, 78 rue du Général
Leclerc, 94270 le Kremlin Bicêtre, France Corresponding
author.
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Phone
+33 145 213 246
Fax
+33 145 213 343.
E-mail
isabelle.kone-paut@bct.ap-hop-paris.fr
Abstract
A 7-year-old girl presented with seropositive polyarthritis, autoimmune
thyroiditis, and pulmonary fibrosis. Several family members had complex
autoimmune disorders and pulmonary fibrosis, and the pedigree was consistent
with autosomal dominant inheritance.
Keywords
Juvenile arthritis; Familial pulmonary fibrosis
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<dochead>Case Report</dochead>
<atl>Polyarthritis and Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Child</atl>
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<au><fnm>Franck</fnm><snm>Launay</snm></au><cross-ref
refid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></cross-ref>
<au><fnm>Isabelle Koné</fnm><snm>Paut</snm></au><cross-ref
refid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></cross-ref><cross-ref
refid="cor1">*</cross-ref><cor id="cor1"><no>*</no>Corresponding
author. Phone: +33 145 213 246; Fax: +33 145 213 343.</cor><ead
type="email">isabelle.kone-paut@bct.ap</ead></cross-ref>
<aff id="aff1"><no>1</no>Pediatric Orthopedic
Surgery Department, la Timone Teaching Hospital, boulevard Jean Moulin,
13005 <cty>Marseille</cty>, <cny cny-code="fr">France</cny></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><no>2</no>Department of
Pediatrics, Pediatric hematology, and Pediatric Rheumatology, Bicêtre
Teaching Hospital, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 <cty>le
Kremlin Bicêtre</cty>, <cny cny-code="fr">France</cny></aff>
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<abs><p>A 7-year-old girl presented with seropositive
polyarthritis, autoimmune thyroiditis, and pulmonary fibrosis. Several
family members had complex autoimmune disorders and pulmonary fibrosis, and
the pedigree was consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance.</p></abs>
<kwdg class="KWD"><kwd>Juvenile arthritis</kwd><kwd>Familial
pulmonary fibrosis</kwd></kwdg>
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