Specific Autoantibodies Precede the Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Study of Serial Measurements in Blood Donors

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 380-386

  Nielen, Markus M J ^a   Van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^a   Reesink, Henk W ^b   Van De Stadt, Rob J ^a   Van Der Horst Bruinsma, Irene E ^c   De Koning, Margret H M T ^a   Habibuw, Moud R ^b   Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^d   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^a,c  

^a JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Sanquin Bloedbank Regio Noordwest Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 1042290337     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20018     Document Type: Article

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