Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide
(CCP) in recent onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at diagnosis and 3 years later, and to …

Objective: To estimate the annual incidence of inflammatory joint diseases in a population
based prospective referral study in an adult population in Kronoberg County in southern …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of lifestyle, reproduction, and some external factors
on the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to describe its comorbidity. METHODS …

Objectives. The genetic background to RA is incompletely understood. As new cytokine-
targeted therapies emerge, early predictors of disease severity are becoming increasingly …

Abstract Introduction In 2012, the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics
(SLICC) network presented a new set of criteria (SLICC-12) to classify systemic lupus …

Background and Aims: Several occupational categories have been associated with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA); this study was conducted to further evaluate these associations …

Objective C‐reactive protein (CRP) is synthesized by hepatocytes in response to interleukin‐
6 (IL‐6) during inflammation. Despite raised IL‐6 levels and extensive systemic …

Objective Anti–citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA s) develop many years before the
clinical onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was undertaken to address the …

The comparative diagnostic value of IgA anti-endomysium and IgA antigliadin antibodies in
adults with histologically confirmed celiac disease is reported. Sera from 144 adult patients …

OBJECTIVE: To compare total and intracellular oxidative activation of blood and synovial
fluid (SF) neutrophils from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other arthritides with …