Contribution of inherited factors to rheumatoid arthritis.
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Contribution of inherited factors to rheumatoid arthritis.
A total of 231 sibships of the same sex (186 female, 45 male), in which the proband had classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been selected from rheumatology clinics. Each sibship member was questioned about symptomatic joints, which were then examined. Hospital records, radiographs, and rheumatoid factor measurements allowed each sibling to be classified as having classical, def...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.51.2.182