Inflammation and degradation of bone are two closely linked processes. Chronic inflammatory arthritis not only leads to inflammatory bone loss but it also involves local erosion of articular bone. This osteo-destructive feature of chronic inflammatory arthritis is a major cause of disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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where do the kurds stand in syria? Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Syria, making up more than 10 per cent of the countryâs pre-war population of 23 million people. They are centred mostly in the impoverished northeastern province of Hassakeh, wedged between the borders of Turkey and Iraq.