A.A. KAMALOVA, G.A. KHUSNULLINA, N.N. PHIRSOVA, A.R. SHAKIROVA, A.E. KHOMYAKOV
Kazan State Medical University
Children Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan 

Kamalova Aelita Askhatovna
Doctor of Medical Science, assistant professor of hospital pediatrics
49 Butlerova Str., Kazan 420012
tel. (843) 237-30-37, e-mail: elitakamalova@gmail.com

Despite the diagnostic criteria for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, still there are difficulties in the diagnosis of this disease, particularly in the onset. The presented medical case demonstrates a non typical for rheumatoid arthritis manifestation in the form of severe hepatitis of non-toxic genesis which demanded morphological verification.

Key words: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, children, hepatitis.

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