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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic disease that mainly involves the synovial membranes. It affects 0.5–1.0 % of the world population with a clear predilection for females.
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Draghi, F. (2014). Rheumatoid Arthritis. In: Ultrasonography of the Upper Extremity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02162-1_15
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