FREQUENCY OF NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Unlike adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis, information about the damage to the nervous system in rheumatoid arthritis in childhood is poorly presented in the available literature. Even more rare are statistically significant observations of large samples of JRA patients with this type of complications. Much more common are publications on isolated cases of JRA neurological complications presented in the form of clinical examples. RA is a systemic disease, and almost all human organs and systems, including nervous tissue, are gradually involved in the pathological process. The statement that the pathology of the nervous system in RA leads to aggravation of disability and a reduction in life expectancy is beyond doubt by the vast majority of researchers.