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. 1971 Jun 5;2(5761):555–557. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5761.555

Oedema in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Changes in the Coefficient of Capillary Filtration

Malcolm I V Jayson, Jenny S Barks
PMCID: PMC1795866  PMID: 5579191

Abstract

The rate of formation of tissue fluid for a given increase of venous pressure and for a known volume of tissue has been measured in the forearm. There is a significant increase in this figure in rheumatoid arthritis and a still greater increase in patients who develop recurrent oedema. This increase could not be attributed to steroid or phenylbutazone therapy, nor to a fall in the serum albumin. The results imply that there is some generalized abnormality in capillary function in rheumatoid disease and that this change is not limited to the joints.

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