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Six patients suffering from adult onset of Still's disease were seen over a 10-year period. Contrary to expectations, complications of deformative arthritis (two patients), amyloidosis (one patient), uveitis (one patient) and chronic granulomatous liver disease (one patient) were observed during follow-up. One patient succumbed due to iatrogenic causes; autopsy showed that the pathological changes, like the clinical features, were non-specific. Four patients responded to aspirin and indomethacin; two required corticosteroids.
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Bambery, P., Kaur, U., Bhusnurmath, S.R. et al. Adult onset Still's disease in North India. Rheumatol Int 7, 173–176 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270366
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