Novel autoantibodies to pituitary gland specific factor 1a in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 353-356

  Tanaka, S ^a   Tatsumi, K ^a   Tomita, T ^a   Kimura, M ^a   Takano, T ^a   Yoshikawa, H ^a   Amino, N ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Osteoarthritis; PGSF1a; Pituitary; RF negative RA; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Seronegative RA

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PITUITARY GLAND SPECIFIC FACTOR 1A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SULFUR 35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROTEINS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0345269289     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg088     Document Type: Article

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