Introduction:

Thanks to the increase in the rate of aging on a planetary scale, it is essential to develop knowledge about the treatment of certain pathologies, chronic disabling diseases.

Objective:

To specify the clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis in the elderly.

Development:

Its greatest incidence in the elderly is widely recognized; rheumatoid arthritis in several cases causes this disability.

Conclusions:

It is essential that the first contact physicians dominate the manifestations and traits that usually manifest these cases, so that they are derived in a pertinent way to the specialist and the consequences of the condition are avoided as far as possible.

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