Limb lymphoedema in rheumatoid arthritis.
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Limb lymphoedema in rheumatoid arthritis.
Limb lymphoedema in rheumatoid arthritis Sir: There is an alternative, and simpler, explanation for limb lymphoedema in rheuma-toid arthritis as reported by Dacre, Scott, and Huskisson'-obstruction. The report by Macfarlane and van der Linden2 hints at this; oedema in their case was associated with a leaking olecranon bursa, but 'after injection of corticosteroid into the bursa and elevation of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.50.6.407