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Adult-onset Still's disease

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Dominic Nee, Alastair Hepburn, Todd Leckie
Foundation Years Journal, volume 9, issue 10, p.16 (123Doc Education, London, November 2015)

Abstract

Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology, characterised by daily spiking fevers, arthritis, an evanescent macular or maculopapular rash and an acute-phase response secondary to the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Here we described the case of a young adult presenting acutely with this syndrome, complicated by myopericarditis.

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Authors

Dominic Nee

FY2 in Medicine
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DH
dominic.nee@wsht.nhs.uk

Alastair Hepburn (Corresponding author)

Consultant Rheumatologist
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DH
alnhepburn@doctors.org.uk

Todd Leckie

FY1 in Medicine
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DH
todd.leckie@nhs.net

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