Abstracts tagged "ACPA and psoriatic arthritis"

Abstract Number: 304 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies In Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: Clinical Relevance
Doquyen H. Huynh¹, Carol Etzel², Vanessa Cox³, J. M. Kremer⁴, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁵ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁶, ¹Rheumatology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, ²CORRONA, Inc, Southborough, MA, ³General Internal Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁶University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) have been considered a relatively specific marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and may play a role in its pathogenesis. In…