Duration of pre-rheumatoid arthritis anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide positivity is positively associated with age at seroconversion

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1642-

  Bos, W H ^a   Nielen, M M J ^a   Dijkmans, B A C ^a,b   Van Schaardenburg, D ^a,b  

^a JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 54349114117     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.085456     Document Type: Letter

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