Cigarette smoking and rheumatoid arthritis

The principle aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that heavy smoking is an aetiological factor in RA and generates a distinct subgroup of the disease definable in terms of clinical phenotype, particularly severity. A second aim was to investigate possible molecule mechanisms linking smoking...

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Main Author: Hutchinson, David
Published: University of Leicester 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.403937