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arthritis

Inflammation of the joints, with pain, swelling, and restricted motion. Many conditions may cause arthritis, including gout, infection, and trauma to the joint. There are three main forms of arthritis: rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis; and septic arthritis.
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Association of chronic Lyme arthritis with HLA-DR4 and HLA-DR2 alleles.
The need for clinical judgment in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme ... by Maloney, Elizabeth L. / Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
In 1992, the Universita di Genova, located in Genoa, Italy, reported on two patients with "chronic Lyme arthritis resistant to the recommended antibiotic regimens.
Chronic Lyme disease: real disease or medical myth? by Rosner, Brian / Townsend Letter
The realization that the Lyme arthritis of Connecticut and the tick-associated skin rashes (erythema migrans) reported in Wisconsin (Scrimenti 1970) and in California (Naversen & Gardner 1978) were manifestations of the same disease, stimulated interest among medical entomologists to begin looking for the newly-described tick vector in other states.
The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) in Indiana: a review by Pinger, Robert R. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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