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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease, and the major pathological changes are as follows: in the early stage, it occurs inflammatory hyperplasia and hypertrophy of synovial membrane, and then pannus would infiltrate into articular cartilage that features joint pains and arthroncus and ultimately lead to joint deformity, limited movement, and dysfunction in the later stage.
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Liu, Yj., Li, Cb. (2020). Clearance and Radial Head Resection of Elbow Joint of Rheumatoid Arthritis Under Arthroscopy. In: Liu, Yj., Xue, J., Huang, Cm., Li, Cb. (eds) Advanced Application of Arthroscopy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4684-6_29
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