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Smoking and Air Pollution as Pro-Inflammatory Triggers for the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 1 Jul 2016
Anderson Ronald, Meyer Pieter W A, Ally Mahmood M T M, Tikly Mohammed
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INTRODUCTION: Smoking is now well recognized not only as a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but also as a determinant of disease activity, severity, response to therapy, and possibly mortality. METHODS: Studies, mostly recent, which have provided significant insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms which underpin the pathogenesis of smoking-related RA, as well as the possible involvement of...
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