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Palindromic Rheumatism - Cause - Diagnosis - Symptoms - Treatment

Palindromic rheumatism information, cause, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment. Palindromic rheumatism is a rare type of inflammatory arthritis. Palindromic rheumatism symptoms are often mistaken for rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.
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Fast Facts About Palindromic Rheumatism

Palindromic rheumatism is a rare inflammatory arthritis which is often confused with rheumatoid arthritis. What are the symptoms of palindromic rheumatism?

Rheum Rounds: Palindromic Rheumatism by Gordon Lam, M.D.

Palindromic rheumatism is an idiopathic, periodic arthritis marked by multiple and recurrent attacks affecting one to a few joints, with tissue inflammation around or adjacent to them. It is an extremely rare condition, and often, doctors who don’t recognize it treat it as rheumatoid arthritis, from Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center.

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