Article
Clinical usefulness of genetic information for predicting radiographic damage in rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 2002
Chen John J, Mu Hua, Jiang Yebin, King Mary-Claire, Thomson Glenys, Criswell Lindsey A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether knowledge of genetic information aids the prediction of radiographic damage for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in whom extensive sociodemographic, family history, clinical, and immunologic information is available. METHODS: Subjects included 146 Caucasian women who were participants in a community based longitudinal study of RA. Our primary outcome measure was the severity...
Topics
- Adult
- Area Under Curve
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Arthrography
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Haplotypes
- Humans