JUVENILE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLARTHRITIS - CU RRENT CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS

The examination was performed of 700 children with juvenile arthritis diverse in nosology. Juvenile ankylosing spondylarthritis (JSA) was di agnosed in 60 patients. In 31 of them the diagnosis was accurate, 29 p atients were suspected of having JSA by Garmich - Partenkirchen criter ia. 95 % of the examinees were newly diagnosed. The study demonstrated polymorphism of clinical symptoms, variability of JSA course, articul ar syndrome characteristics, those of extraarticular manifestations, a nd the axial lesion.