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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is the most common rheumatologic disease in
children. Moreover, multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most frequent demyelinating
disease and has been associated with various chronic inflammatory diseases.
However, its association with JRA has not been frequently described. Autoimmunity
in both JRA and MS has been documented in the scientific literature, although
there has been no definitive finding that patients with JRA are prone to the
development of MS. An increasing frequency of MS resulting from an increased use
of antitumor necrosis factor agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and
other chronic inflammatory diseases has been reported recently. In this study, we
report on the development of MS in a patient with JRA who did not have a history
of antitumor necrosis factor use.
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