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Antibodies to mutated citrullinated vimentin and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease and related arthritis.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Sept 2012
Al-Jarallah Khaled, Shehab Diaa, Al-Attiyah Rajaa, Al-Azmi Waleed, Al-Fadli Ahmad, Zafar Haider Mohammed, Panaccione Remo, Ghosh Subrata
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BACKGROUND: Antibodies that react with citrullinated proteins (anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin [anti-MCV] and second-generation anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies [anti-CCP2]) are markers for rheumatoid arthritis. Recent studies have demonstrated that these antibodies are present in other arthropathies including the spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis...
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