title: Rheumatoid arthritis: connection to a rapid evolution mechanism?
abstract: The idea that disease and evolution may be related was raised by research on the sickle cell hemoglobin (Hbs) gene. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will be compared and contrasted with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), to develop the hypothesis that RA has a function linked to the modification of a rapid evolution mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Education, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Phila. 19104.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology