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Recurrent pericarditis in children and adolescents

Report of 15 cases

Marja Raatikka, MD^*, Pirkko M. Pelkonen, MD^*, Jouko Karjalainen, MD^,* and Eero V. Jokinen, MD^*

^* Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Central Military Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

View larger version (34K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Follow-up times in each of the 15 patients. The open part of the bar shows the duration of active disease, and the solid part shows the follow-up time after the last recurrence. Patient numbers correspond to those in Table 1.

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Total number of patients (whole bar) and patients with active disease (open part of bar) in each follow-up year.