Transition care: the link between pediatric rheumatology and adult rheumatology. Data from the experience of the young adult rheumatology ambulatory of Florence
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Introduction Transition from childhood to adolescence is particularly difficult in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases. Moving from pediatric to adult assistance, is not an administrative procedure; it involves a change from of “child-centered” to an “adult-oriented” system, in a delicate phase of life in which emotional stability has not been achieved yet. A structure addressing medical, psycho-social and educational adolescents needs is therefore necessary, representing a link between adult and pediatric rheumatology, in order to maintain the benefits of treatment administered during in childhood.
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