[Craniofacial characteristics of children affected with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis].

The aim of this investigation was to determine the craniofacial characteristics of children affected with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The analysis concerned the profile cephalometric roentgenograms of 11 children of both sexes aged between five and ten years. Statistically significant differences between affected and healthy children were found for saddle angle, articular angle, Björk's sum of posterior angles and maxillo-mandibular angle.