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. 1988 Dec;47(12):1021–1026. doi: 10.1136/ard.47.12.1021

Relapsing polychondritis mimicking rheumatoid arthritis.

P Schlapbach 1, N J Gerber 1, P Ramser 1, F M van't Hooft 1
PMCID: PMC1003659  PMID: 3207384

Abstract

A woman with relapsing polychondritis presented with progressive and deforming polyarthritis (but always negative for rheumatoid factor) 14 years before the appearance of typical clinical and histological changes of nasal and auricular cartilage destruction.

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