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What is rheumatoid arthritis?
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It is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the synovial tissues and joints.
Types of rheumatoid arthritis
Juvenile and adult types
Differential diagnosis for rheumatoid arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, SLE
Syndromes associated with rheumatoid arthritis
Felty syndrome (rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly and neutropenia) ; Caplan syndrome (rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconiosis)
Morning stiffness; deformity of digits; rheumatoid factor positive.