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ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID

Specialty Definition: ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID

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A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 52 54 48 52 49 54 49 53 2C      52 48 45 55 4D 41 54 4F 49 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01010010 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001001 01010100 01001001 01010011 00101100 00100000 01010010 01001000 01000101 01010101 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001111 01001001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#82 &#84 &#72 &#82 &#73 &#84 &#73 &#83 &#44 &#32 &#82 &#72 &#69 &#85 &#77 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#73 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0052 0054 0048 0052 0049 0054 0049 0053 002C      0052 0048 0045 0055 004D 0041 0054 004F 0049 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35525442524354435314252423955473554494338

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