Anti-Citrulline Antibodies in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evolving Concepts

Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-363

  Raptopoulou, Amalia ^a   Sidiropoulos, Prodromos ^a   Katsouraki, Maria ^a   Boumpas, Dimitrios T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies; Antiperinuclear factor; Autoantibodies; Citrulline; Diagnosis; Early arthritis; Primary prevention; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIPERINUCLEAR FACTOR; CITRULLINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; FIBRIN; FILAGGRIN; HISTONE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INFLIXIMAB; PROTEIN ARGININE DEIMINASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

BLOOD DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; JOINT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CITRULLINE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34250193977     PISSN: 10408363     EISSN: 1549781X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408360701295623     Document Type: Review

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