© 1992 British Society for Rheumatology
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ADULT-ONSET STILL'S DISEASE IN INDIA
Clinical Immunology Section, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi 110 029, India
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Correspondence to Dr A. Malaviya, Professor of Medicine, Incharge, Clinical Immunology Services, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
Adult onset Still's disease was provisionally diagnosed in 31 patients from northern India over a period of five years, in 27 of whom the diagnosis was subsequently felt to have been confirmed. This report describes the clinical characteristics of these patients along with the different therapeutic measures used and their response. Adult onset Still's disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pyrexia of unknown origin.
KEY WORDS: Still's disease, Pyrexia of unknown origin