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antibodies, felty's syndrome, disorder characterized by rheumatoid arthritis, an enlarged spleen, a decreased white blood cell count, recurrent infection, felty's syndrome, a variant of rheumatoid arthritis, more common, had rheumatoid arthritis, long time, syndrome suffer, increased incidence of infection associated, a low white blood cell count, general feeling of discomfort, malaise, fatigue, loss of appetite, unintentional weight loss, pale-looking skin, joint swelling, stiffness, pain, deformity, recurrent infections, eye burning, discharge, a physical examination shows an enlarged spleen, an enlarged liver, enlarged lymph nodes, joint findings, typical of rheumatoid arthritis, a cbc, complete blood count, decreased neutrophil count, syndrome, already under treatment, rheumatoid arthritis, patients, need additional medications to suppress immune system, splenectomy, removal, the spleen, improve the white cell count, susceptibility to infections, progression, of rheumatoid arthritis is likely, benefit from splenectomy, recurrent infections, symptoms of this disorder develop, no known prevention, felty's syndrome, harris ed, budd rc, genovese mc, firestein gs, sargent js, sledge cb, kelley's textbook of rheumatology, 7th ed, wb saunders, 1101-1103, feldman m, friedman ls, sleisenger mh, eds, sleisenger & fordtran's gastrointestinal, liver disease, 7th ed, philadelphia, pa, wb saunders, 1615-1616.