Clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis
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Authors
Colquhoun, M
Gulati, M
Farah, Z
Mouyis, M
Issue Date
2022
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Scientific Paper
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Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Dermatology and venerology,clinical genetics, internal medicine::Internal medicine::Rheumatology
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Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multiorgan chronic inflammatory condition that affects >430,000 people in the UK, constituting approximately 0.84% of the UK population. The cardinal clinical feature is a symmetrical polyarthritis that predominantly affects the small joints. RA can affect other components of the musculoskeletal system (bursitis, tendinopathy, muscle atrophy, osteoporosis) and almost every organ in the body. Extra-articular manifestations of RA can be cutaneous, haematological, neurological, pulmonary, cardiac, renal and ocular. A better understanding of the varied clinical aspects of RA is vital to instigating appropriate management. This review provides a detailed description of the clinical manifestations of RA, both musculoskeletal and extra-articular.
Keywords
Atherosclerosis
chronic disease
inflammation
interstitial lung disease
MRCP
rheumatoid arthritis
synovitis
tenosynovitis
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Clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis Colquhoun, Matthew et al. Medicine, Volume 50, Issue 3, 138 - 142