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Children (Basel)2025;12(11)November 11, 2025Journal Article
Ethnic Differences in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the Circumpolar Region.
Sargylana G Boeskorova1,2, Marina V Afonskaya2, Vera M Argunova2, Polina A Sleptsova2, Liudmila V Leonteva3,4, Vasilina V Nikiforova4, Irina A Chikova5, Alexandr A Yakovlev5, Tatiana E Burtseva1,6, Mikhail M Kostik5
1Department of Paediatrics and Children Surgery, Medical Institute, North-Eastern Federal University Named After M.K. Ammosov, Yakutsk 677000, Russia.
2Department of the Cardio Rheumatology of the Pediatric Centre of the Republican Hospital No. 1-M.E. Nikolaev National Center of Medicine, Yakutsk 677019, Russia.
3Department of Hospital Therapy, Occupational Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Institute, North-Eastern Federal University Named After M.K. Ammosov, Yakutsk 677000, Russia.
4The Rheumatic Disease Center of the Clinic of the Yakut Science Centre of Complex Medical Problems, Yakutsk 677000, Russia.
5Hospital Pediatrics, Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg 194100, Russia.
6Laboratory of the Monitoring of Children Health and Medico-Environmental Research, Yakut Science Centre of Сomplex Medical Problems, Yakutsk 677000, Russia.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Rheumatic diseases, including spondyloarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Takayasu's nonspecific aortoarteritis, Behcet's disease, and Kawasaki disease, are more prevalent among Asian populations. The indigenous Sakha people, who live in the harsh conditions of the North and the Arctic regions, exhibit a unique pattern of health issues.
AIM: The objective of the study is to cha…
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