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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Follow-Up, Complications, Prognosis, When to Refer, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: rheumatoid arthritis.
Excerpt: | |  Usually insidious onset with morning stiffness and pain in affected joints
Symmetric polyarthritis with predilection for small joints of the hands and feet; deformities common with progressive disease Radiographic findings | | – Juxta-articular osteoporosis – Joint erosions – Joint space narrowing |
Rheumatoid factor and antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) are present in 70–80% Extra-articular manifestations | | – Subcutaneous nodules –..."
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