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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Storm Newton

UNCOVERED: Breakthrough could transform eye condition screening for children with arthritis - The Untold Story

JIA impacts about one in 1,000 children in the UK and is more common in girls (Alamy/PA) - (Alamy/PA)

Experts have pinpointed genetic changes in children with a common form of arthritis to help predict if they will go on to develop a complication that can cause blindness.

The breakthrough could pave the way for more effective screening in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), which affects an estimated 12,000 youngsters in the UK.

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