Rheumatoid arthritis is inherited

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2. Rheumatoid arthritis is inherited

It seems that many people who develop RA inherited their susceptibility to the disease. Several different genes probably determine whether someone will have a tendency to develop RA and how severe his or her disease will be. As you might expect, these tend to be genes that control the immune system.