Anticitrullinated protein antibodies and rheumatoid factor fluctuate in early inflammatory arthritis and do not predict clinical outcomes

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1259-1267

  Barra, Lillian ^a   Bykerk, Vivian ^b,c   Pope, Janet E ^a   Haraoui, Boulos P ^d   Hitchon, Carol A ^e   Carter Thorne, J ^f   Keystone, Edward C ^b   Boire, Gilles ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Rheumatic Disease Unit Institut de Rheumatologie   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticitrullinated protein antibodies; Erosions; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

ANTICITRULLINATED PROTEIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICITRULLINATED PROTEIN ANTIBODIES; EROSIONS; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878639047     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120736     Document Type: Article

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