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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease that affects joints and periarticular tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis can cause a number of different deformities and functional impairment in the hand.

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  1. Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555-0792, USA

    Steven F. Viegas M.D (Professor and Chief, Professor of Anatomy and Neuroscience)

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Viegas, S.F. (1997). Arthritis. In: Hand Surgery Study Guide. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1910-1_10

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