The Nature of Anaemia in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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The literature relating to red cell survival in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis is reviewed. The survival of the subject''s own cells was measured using radioactive Cr in 21 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. In 6 of these survival of normal donor erythrocytes was also measured. The rate of removal of injected radioactivity from the circulation was slightly, but not significantly, more rapid than normal when the patients'' cells were labelled. The rate of elimination of labelled donor erythrocytes was significantly faster than normal. It is concluded that there is a mild hemolytic process of extracorpuscular type in rheumatoid disease.

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