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Contribution of anti-CCP antibodies, proximal interphalangeal joint involvement, HLA-DRB1 shared epitope, and PADI4 as risk factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis in palindromic rheumatism.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 2010
Tamai M, Kawakami A, Iwamoto N, Arima K, Aoyagi K, Eguchi K
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OBJECTIVES: To determine which variables at baseline are predictive for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from palindromic rheumatism (PR) in a Japanese population. METHODS: Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies, joint involvement pattern, genotypes of HLA-DRB1, peptidylarginine deiminase (PADI4), and protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPN22) were examined in 28 patients with PR at...
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