Smoking Behind More Than a Third of Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Cases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101213201859.htm

ScienceDaily (Dec. 13, 2010) — Smoking accounts for more than a third of cases of the most severe and common form of rheumatoid arthritis, indicates research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

And it accounts for more than half of cases in people who are genetically susceptible to development of the disease, finds the study.

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