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2002

Potential Cause of Arthritis Discovered. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have shown that certain types of naturally-occurring carbohydrates in the body may cause rheumatoid arthritis.
August 2002

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