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Use of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factor in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in a tertiary care hospital [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects 0.5–1% of the general population and is characterized by a chronic, debilitating, and destructive form of arthritis.
Prathiba Mahadevaiah +3 more
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Diagnostic utility of Anti-cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies for Very Early Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]
National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2014 Background and Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by widespread joint inflammation with synovial hyperplasia. The most well known diagnostic marker is rheumatoid factor (RF).However; RF is not a good
Sucilathangam G, Anna T, Velvizhi G
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RMD Open, 2023 Objective The first biomarker associated with the rheumatoid arthritis is rheumatoid factor (RF) and since the earliest reports a role has been proposed in the diagnosis and in the prediction of clinical features and outcome. The study of RF isotypes has
Nicola Bizzaro +7 more
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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background Psoriasis is a multisystem inflammatory disorder with variable morphology, clinical pattern and multiple comorbidities. Interplay between genetic and environmental factors leading to an aberrant immune response in the skin may contribute to ...
Enas Zahran +4 more
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Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017 Diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) formerly called non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes is a common disease. Rheumatoid factor is a well-established test used in the diagnosis and follows the prognosis of rheumatoid ...
Raya K. Mohammed Salih +2 more
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Impact of autoimmune serology test results on RA classification and diagnosis
Journal of Translational Autoimmunity, 2022 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common systemic autoimmune disease and also the most severe arthritic disorder. The measurement of rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) in serum supports the diagnosis of RA, which ...
Lieve Van Hoovels +5 more
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Sports Medicine Curiosity Journal, 2023 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the joints become inflamed causing swelling, pain and often eventually causing damage to the inside of the joint.
Muhammad Faisal Majid
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Prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of antibodies against carbamylated proteins in a monocentric cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune rheumatic diseases [PDF]
, 2016 Antibodies against carbamylated proteins (anti-CarP) have been recently identified in the sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of anti-CarP compared to ...
Alessandri, Cristiano +16 more
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The Relationship Between Hyperglycemia and the Rheumatoid Factor in the Serum of Diabetic Patients
مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2009 This study was conducted to determine the relationship between two most common diseases in Iraqis patients , which are Diabetic mellitus (DM) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA); seeking rheumatoid factor in hyperglycemic sera.
Baghdad Science Journal
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Diagnostic value of Anti-CCP antibodies compared with Rheumatoid factor in Rheumatoid arthritis patients. [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2013 Citrullinated proteins have been discovered in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis but not in other forms of joint disease. The citrullinated proteins in the joints correspond to the presence of the citrulline antibodies in the blood and ...
Hanaa N. Abdullah +3 more
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