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Mapping rheumatoid arthritis -- first multinational review of RA shows

In the first international "map of rheumatoid arthritis," spanning Europe and beyond, significant national differences in RA severity can be directly traced to national economics, most notably health expenditure, as exposed today by data from the QUEST-RA Study presented at EULAR 2007, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, Barcelona, Spain.

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