Vasculitis in rheumatoid arthritis.

doi:10.1097/00002281-199405000-00008

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Vasculitis in rheumatoid arthritis.

Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 May 1994

Goronzy J J, Weyand C M

Abstract excerpt

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 re...

Topics

Alleles
Antigen-Antibody Complex
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Autoantibodies
HLA-D Antigens
Haplotypes
Humans
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Rheumatoid Factor
Vasculitis

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