Abstracts tagged "anti-CCP antibodies and meta-analysis"

Abstract Number: 499 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
The Generation of Anti-CCP Tests Affects Diagnostic Accuracy in Rheumatoid Arthiritis: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Barbara Mascialino¹, Linda Mathsson-Alm ¹, Maryam Poorafshar ¹ and Teresa Tarrant ², ¹Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala, Uppsala Lan, Sweden, ²Duke School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The detection of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) may occur long before the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms.Several versions of CCP antigen…