What is meant by the phrase Òmolecular mimicry?
What precedes the development of RF?
What are the symptoms of RF?
What is a granuloma?
What are AshoffÕs nodules?
What is M-protein? How many types of M-protein are there? What is its connection to heart muscle?
What is a sedimentation rate?
Why would one measure C-reactive protein (CRP) in a patient?
Why would one measure the anti-streptolysin O titer (level) in a patient?
Why would one measure the anti-streptococcal DNase B titer in a patient?
Why would aspirin work against the arthritis in RF?
What does it mean that certain inflammations respond to aspirin and other types of inflammation respond to corticosteroids?