Are rheumatoid factors useful for diagnostic classification of inflammatory arthritis, evolving since less than 12 months in the absence of clinical signs?

Revue du Rhumatisme (Edition Francaise)

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-138

  Vittecoq, Olivier ^a   De Bandt, Michel ^b   Meyer, Olivier ^c   Hachulla, Éric ^d   Le Loët, Xavier ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Early arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factors

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KERATIN ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036187578     PISSN: 11698330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1169-8330(01)00268-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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