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Relatives without rheumatoid arthritis show reactivity to anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies that are associated with arthritis-related traits: studies of the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 2013
Young Kendra A, Deane Kevin D, Derber Lezlie A, Hughes-Austin Jan M, Wagner Catriona A, Sokolove Jeremy, Weisman Michael H, Buckner Jane H, Mikuls Ted R, O'Dell James R, Keating Richard M, Gregersen Peter K, Robinson William H, Holers V Michael, Norris Jill M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine reactivity to anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPAs) and determine associations between ACPAs and other rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related autoantibodies and clinically assessed swollen or tender joints in unaffected first-degree relatives of RA patients. METHODS: Serum samples were obtained from first-degree relatives without RA according to the 1987 American College of...
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