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U-M study offers new perspective on nitric oxide signaling in rheumatoid arthritis

Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have found evidence that challenges current thinking about the cause of rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that damages joints, causes pain, loss of movement and bone deformities in 2.1 million Americans

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