类风湿关节炎中医证候学的研究进展

Researching progress of TCM syndrome of rheumatoid arthritis

对近4年有关类风湿关节炎中医证候学研究方面的文献进行整理。结果认为，目前对类风湿关节炎的辨证分型尚存在分歧，缺乏流行病学调查资料，实验研究总体水平不高。如能在以上方面的研究中取得进展将有助于类风湿关节炎中医证候机理的揭示，提高临床水平。

This paper reviewed the researches of TCM syndromes of rheumatoid arthritis in the past four years. The author believed that more and deeper epidemiological surveys are needed for studying rheumatoid arthritis and hence to improve its clinical effects.