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pdf | Uveitis: Information for patients and families 106 KB Download … WHAT IS UVEITIS? Uveitis refers to a number of rare conditions in which there is inflammation inside the eye. Uveitis can affect any part of the eye, along the uveal tract which supplies …

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pdf | Kawasaki Disease Information Sheet 103 KB Download … 1 KAWASAKI DISEASE (From PRINTO website) This disease was described in 1967 by a Japanese paediatrician called Tomisaku Kawasaki. He recognized a group of children with fever, skin rash, conjunctivitis, …

pdf | Scleroderma Information Sheet 92 KB Download … www.pediatric-rheumathology.printo.it 12/2003 1 SCLERODERMA What is it? Scleroderma is a Greek word that can be translated as “hard skin”. In this disease, the skin becomes shiny and hard. There is a wide …

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pdf | Granulomatosis with Polyangitis or GPA (Wegener's Granulomatosis) 115 KB Download … Granulomatosis with Polyangitis or GPA (Wegener’s granulomatosis) What is GPA? GPA is rare chronic disease involving inflammation of the blood vessels (vasculitis). It is …

pdf | Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO) 81 KB Download … Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO) What is Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO)? CRMO is a rare disease which results in a chronic inflammation of bone. The …

pdf | Chronic Pain: How to deal with it 114 KB Download … CHRONIC PAIN HOW TO DEAL WITH IT WHAT IS CHRONIC PAIN? We have all experienced pain. A cut finger, a broken arm, or a burn. In each of these cases the cause of the pain was known and the pain got better …