Pathogenesis of the joint disease of rheumatoid arthritis.
The articular inflammation and joint destruction that characterizes rheumatoid arthritis is the result of a complex interaction between cellular elements--that is, inflammatory cells, immunologically competent cells, synovial lining cells--and their soluble byproducts. An understanding of these events must serve as the basis for rational treatment of the disease in the absence of knowledge about the inciting agent.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid↗