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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic disorder with a progressive destruction of joints. The hallmarks of the disease include: (a) inflammation, (b) abnormal humoral and cellular immune responses, and (c) synovial hyperplasia.
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Gay, S., Gay, R.E. (1999). Pathology of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Molecular and Inflammatory Aspects. In: Eibl, M.M., Huber, C., Peter, H.H., Wahn, U. (eds) Symposium in Immunology VIII. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59947-7_13
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