Clinical Features in Subacute Rheumatoid Arthritis in Old Age

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Summary In a series of 85 patients with subacute rheumatoid arthritis in old age, 80 of whom had been treated with sanocrysin and/or steroids, it was found that two out of five clinical features differed from those found with rheumatoid arthritis in younger patients: the sex distribution was identical to that found in the corresponding population and the onset of disease was most often stormy. A fluctuating course was a more frequent finding than in younger patients, but because of the treatment applied, the natural types of course could not be clarified. The prognosis, assessed by follow-up study of 52 surviving patients, is hardly better than in younger patients. The incidence of "hot" joints in 50 patients was similar to the incidence found among younger patients.

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