Characterized by Painful, Inflammatory Episodes Resulting in Deformity of the Proximal and Distal Articulations
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Abstract
A form of osteoarthritis localized in the interphalangeal articulations of the fingers and characterized by acute inflammatory episodes with eventual ankylosis of some joints is described....
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