Silica exposure is associated with an increased risk of developing ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis in an Asian population: Evidence from the Malaysian MyEIRA casecontrol study

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-274

  Yahya, Abqariyah ^a,b   Bengtsson, Camilla ^a   Larsson, Per ^c   Too, Chun Lai ^b,c   Mustafa, Amal Nasir ^b   Abdullah, Nor Aini ^b   Muhamad, Nor Asiah ^b   Klareskog, Lars ^c   Murad, Shahnaz ^b   Alfredsson, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA); Malaysia; Rheumatoid arthritis; Silica

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINATED PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; ROCK; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84904969902     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2013.854076     Document Type: Article

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