Juvenile
Between infantile and adult. Used in medicine to indicate onset in childhood, as in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
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A form of joint disease in children whose systemic signs and symptoms include high intermittent fever, a salmon-colored skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis), and inflammation around the heart (pericarditis). The arthritis itself may not be immediately apparent, but in time it surfaces and may […]
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A genetic disorder characterized by multiple subcutaneous nodules and gingival hypertrophy (overgrowth of the gums) beginning in the first few years of life and, later, joint contractures. There are deposits of hyaline (glassy) material in the skin. The disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive condition. The gene for the disease is on chromosome 4q21.21. […]
- Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis
A condition characterized by the emergence of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in children and young adults. A baby can contract juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis by being infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) during birth through the vaginal canal of a mother who has genital warts. Treatment usually involves surgical excision. Recurrences of laryngeal […]