Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 89-94 , August 2010

Is Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema (RS3PE) a Subset of Rheumatoid Arthritis?

  • Qingping Yao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology Fellow, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen Medical School at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Xiangqian Su, MD

      Affiliations

    • Visiting Scholar, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen Medical School at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Roy D. Altman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen Medical School at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Roy D. Altman, MD, Division of Rheumatology, UCLA, 1000 Veterans Ave., Rehab 39-52, Los Angeles, CA 90095

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2008.11.006

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 89-94 , August 2010

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