Diagnostic utility of, and influence of tobacco usage and genetic predisposition on, immunoglobulin A, rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated peptide auto-antibodies in South African rheumatoid arthritis patients

BACKGROUND: The immunoglobulin A isotypes of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) and rheumatoid factor (RF) are associated with disease severity and progression in Caucasian rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, as well as with genetic predisposition and tobacco use. OBJECTIVES: To com...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Pieter, Ally, Mahmood, Hodkinson, Bridget, Anderson, Ronald, Tikly, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30602956
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i2.14

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