Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody determination in the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Comment on the article by Caspi et al [1]

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 681-682

  Spadaro, Antonio ^a   Riccieri, Valeria ^a   Scrivo, Rossana ^a   Alessandri, Cristiano ^a   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 33747873163     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22113     Document Type: Letter

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