The prevalence of ACPA is lower in rheumatoid arthritis patients with an older age of onset but the composition of the ACPA response appears identical

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) consists of two syndromes, one autoantibody-positive and one autoantibody-negative. Existing data on the relation between age of onset and prevalence of autoantibodies were conflictin...

Source: Arthritis Research and Therapy - May 31, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Debbie M. Boeters, Lukas Mangnus, Sofia Ajeganova, Elisabet Lindqvist, Bj örn Svensson, René E. M. Toes, Leendert A. Trouw, Tom W. J. Huizinga, Francis Berenbaum, Jacques Morel, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist and Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil Source Type: research