Rheumatoid arthritis: an immune disease in search of an etiology.
The current knowledge of the immunologic and etiologic factors which play a role in rheumatoid arthritis is reviewed and extrapolated to the systemic effects of rheumatoid disease. The disease process is viewed as the incidental result of an atypical immuno-inflammatory mechanism initiated by an unidentified antigenic stimulus.
D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000378:metabolism; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000032:analysis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor