Pediatric to Adult Care Transition Challenging for Patients with JIA

Lynn R. Spiegel, MD, FRCPC, is a rheumatologist in the Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, and assistant professor in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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