Significance of Subcutaneous Nodules in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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The significance of subcutaneous nodules in rheumatoid arthritis.
The presence of subcutaneous nodules in rheumatic fever is of serious prognostic significance because, as they are pathologically similar to the Aschoff bodies found in the heart, they generally indicate severe cardiac damage and active infection. As a rule nodules appear after the onset of the rheumatic heart lesion. There is, therefore, practically always cardiac involvement in cases where no...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1947
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.6.4.219