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ORPHA:85410Disease
Also called Oligoarticular JIA · Pauciarticular chronic arthritis
What it is
A rare inflammatory rheumatic disease characterized by juvenile onset arthritis that affects fewer than 5 joints during the first 6 months after disease onset.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- 1-5 / 10 000 (Europe)
- Age of onset
- Childhood
- Inheritance
- Multigenic/multifactorial
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Signs and symptoms
Common30–79%
9Sometimes5–29%
6These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
Genes
ICD-10 codes
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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