title: Observations on the causes of rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Inflammatory, symmetrical peripheral polyarthritis is observed in a small proportion of patients following a variety of parasitic, viral and microbial infections. The development of such a post-infective arthritis disorder may depend on a sequence of events, which need not be confined to one extrinsic pathogenic organism.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atkin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mander
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malcolm
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Dick
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000209:etiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications