Assertion: rheumatoid arthritis | /r/HasProperty | an autoimmune disease
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text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), on the other hand, is an autoimmune disease where the body's own defenses attack the normal joint lining.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that often affects the hands and feet.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) occurs when the body's immune system starts attacking it's own organs (joints, bones, internal organs) -- and is considered an autoimmune disease.
text: Because it can affect multiple other organs of the body, rheumatoid arthritis is referred to as a systemic illness and is sometimes called rheumatoid disease.
text: Symmetric psoriatic arthritis may be mistaken for rheumatoid arthritis, another autoimmune disease that also affects both sides of the body equally.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered an autoimmune condition, which means it is caused by your immune system making antibodies which attack your tissue.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that most commonly affects the joints of the hands, feet, wrists, elbows, knees and ankles.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints, the tissue around the joints, as well as other organs in the body.
text: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis, however, is an autoimmune disease.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis, which is an autoimmune disease, is often associated with elevations in the serum level of an autoantibody called rheumatoid factor, whereas the seronegative arthropathies are not.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that can make your joints stiff, tender, and painful.
text: It is an autoimmune disease, meaning that the body mistakes its own tissues as foreign and attacks them.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease.
text: On the other hand, rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, meaning that, for whatever reason—probably some combination of genetic and environmental factors or even hormonal changes—
text: Whereas rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes joint malfunction due to inflammation, osteoarthritis is a mechanical disease brought on by the destruction of joints through wear and tear.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis: an autoimmune disease leading to inflammation of the tissue lining the joints, and inflammation of other body tissues in the most severe cases.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, meaning that patient’s immune system (the body’s infection-fighting system) is overreacting against itself.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder, in which the immune system attacks the synovial membrane that surrounds the joints, causing irritation and inflammation (x).
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder and research states that smoking causes oxidative stress in the body, which impacts the immune system (x).
text: Rheumatoid arthritis, is an autoimmune disorder that causes joint swelling and may afflict people of all ages.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA, rheumatoid disease) is an autoimmune disorder that can affect many joints, organs, and the body as a whole.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA, rheumatoid disease) is an autoimmune disorder and can affect many joints, other organs, and the whole body.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder, meaning it is caused by an anomaly in the immune system.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder, which means a body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an autoimmune disease.