Antihomocitrullinated fibrinogen antibodies are specific to rheumatoid arthritis and frequently bind citrullinated proteins/peptides

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 270-279

  Scinocca, Mathias ^a   Bell, David A ^b   Racapé, Maud ^b   Joseph, Radha ^b   Shaw, Gary ^b   McCormick, John K ^a   Gladman, Dafna D ^c   Pope, Janet ^b   Barra, Lillian ^b   Cairns, Ewa ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine/Rheumatology ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Homocitrullinated carbamylated antigens; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; HOMOCITRULLINATED/CARBAMYLATED ANTIGENS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CITRULLINE; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893589184     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130742     Document Type: Article

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