Anti-citrullinated protein antibody positive rheumatoid arthritis is primarily determined by rheumatoid factor titre and the shared epitope rather than smoking per se

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the relationship between rheumatoid factor (RF) titre, smoking and HLA-DRB1 alleles coding a “shared epitope” (SE) in relation to anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: RA patients (n = 658) attending rheumatology clinics in...

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Autores principales: Murphy, Dan, Mattey, Derek, Hutchinson, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28708862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180655

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28708862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180655

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