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Exposure to ambient air pollution and autoantibody status in rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Mar 2020
Alex Asha M, Kunkel Gary, Sayles Harlan, Flautero Arcos Jorge D, Mikuls Ted R, Kerr Gail S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between air pollutant (AP) exposure and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) autoantibody status METHODS: We performed a cross sectional study utilizing enrollment data from participants in the Veterans Affairs rheumatoid arthritis registry. HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE), smoking, rheumatoid factor (RF), and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA) status were collected. Mean...
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