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© 1988 All rights reserved

Historical Aspects of the Aetiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis

E. G. L. Bywaters


  Abstract

Since the first description of the disease in the early part of the nineteenth century, the aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis has been associated with the interacting concepts of diathesis or internal factors and environment or external factors.

KEY WORDS: Diathesis, Infection, Immunology, Autoimmunity, Collagen


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