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[Does rheumatoid polyarthritis come from the New World?]
1Arthritis center of Northeast Ohio, Youngstown 44512.
Revue Du Rhumatisme Et Des Maladies Osteo-Articulaires
|April 10, 1990
Summary
Rheumatoid arthritis, a symmetrical erosive joint disease, appears to be a New World illness. Evidence from pre-Columbian sites suggests it spread to the Old World after 1785.
Area of Science:
- Paleopathology
- Rheumatology
- Anthropology