Systemic Manifestations and Complications in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Ji-Won Kim et al. J Clin Med. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 26;9(6):2008.

doi: 10.3390/jcm9062008.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea.

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease with symmetrical peripheral polyarthritis, predominantly involving the small joints [...].

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