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The World Health Organization (WHO) lists rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as the top two chronic rheumatic conditions with the greatest impact on society. A large number of disorders are subsumed under the terms “arthritis” or “rheumatism” but present quite different manifestations and pose different diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
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Resnik, C.S., Bohndorf, K. (2017). Arthritis. In: Hodler, J., Kubik-Huch, R., von Schulthess, G. (eds) Musculoskeletal Diseases 2017-2020. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54018-4_4
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