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Vasculitis in rheumatoid arthritis.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 May 1994
Goronzy J J, Weyand C M
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The inflammatory process characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis is typically targeted to the synovial membrane. In a subset of patients, rheumatoid disease is complicated by an inflammatory destruction of blood vessels, rheumatoid vasculitis. Rheumatoid vasculitis has been understood to be the result of severe disease extending beyond the joint, possibly caused by immune complex deposition. In an alternative...
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