Examination of IgM rheumatoid factor (IgM-RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP Ab) in Japanese patients with palindromic rheumatism

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 795-797

  Tamai, Mami ^a   Kawakami, Atsushi ^a   Iwanaga, Nozomi ^a   Fujikawa, Keita ^a   Tanaka, Fumiko ^a   Aramaki, Toshiyuki ^a   Izumi, Yasumori ^a   Aratake, Kouichiro ^a   Arima, Kazuhiko ^a   Kamachi, Makoto ^a   Nakamura, Hideki ^a   Huang, Mingguo ^a   Ida, Hiroaki ^a   Origuchi, Tomoki ^a   Eguchi, Katsumi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti CCP Ab; IgM RF; Palindromic rheumatism

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PALINDROMIC RHEUMATISM; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 33746338280     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1407     Document Type: Article

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