Microchimerism in the rheumatoid nodules of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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OBJECTIVE: The rheumatoid nodule is a lesion commonly found on extraarticular areas prone to mechanic trauma. When present with inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis, it is pathognomonic of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease in which naturally acquired microchimerism has previously been described and can sometimes contribute to RA risk. Since RA patients harbor microchimerism in the blood, we...

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