Joint inflammation tends to recur in the same joints during the rheumatoid arthritis disease course.
Sascha Louise HeckertSytske Anne BergstraXanthe Marijn Edmée MatthijssenYvonne P M Goekoop-RuitermanFaouzia FodiliSaskia Ten WoldeCornelia F AllaartThomas Wj HuizingaPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2021)
Joint swelling tends to recur locally in the joints swollen at RA onset. This suggests that local factors influence the manifestation of joint inflammation over time.