LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Anti-CCP antibodies are not a marker of severity in established rheumatoid arthritis: a magnetic resonance imaging study

Porto, Lílian Santuza Santos; Tavares Júnior, Wilson Campos; Costa, Dário Alves da Silva; Lanna, Cristina Costa Duarte; Kakehasi, Adriana Maria.

Rev. bras. reumatol; 57 (1), 2017

ABSTRACT Introduction: The presence of anti-CCP is an important prognostic tool of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). But research is still ongoing on its relationship with disease activity and functional capacity. Objectives: To study the relationship between anti-CCP and disease activity, functional capacity...

Artritis Reumatoide/sangre, Artritis Reumatoide/diagnóstico por imagen, Artritis Reumatoide/inmunología, Artritis Reumatoide/fisiopatología, Autoanticuerpos/sangre, Autoanticuerpos/inmunología, Biomarcadores/sangre, Estudios Transversales, Imagen por Resonancia Magnética, Persona de Mediana Edad, Péptidos Cíclicos/sangre, Péptidos Cíclicos/inmunología, Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas, Pronóstico, Factor Reumatoide/sangre, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad

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Overlap between systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis: a distinct clinical entity?

ABSTRACT Introduction: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease of the connective tissue characterized by the triad of vascular injury, autoimmunity (cellular and humoral) and tissue fibrosis. It is estimated that musculoskeletal pain is a common complaint of patients with SSc, ranging from 40 ...