Benefit of early treatment in inflammatory polyarthritis patients with anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies versus those without antibodies

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 664-675

  Farragher, Tracey M ^a   Lunt, Mark ^a   Plant, Darren ^a   Bunn, Diane K ^b,c   Barton, Anne ^a   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Norfolk Arthritis Register   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951709732     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20207     Document Type: Article

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