Abstracts tagged "anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) and arthritis"

Abstract Number: 508 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Before Clinically Detectable Arthritis Develops, ACPA-Positive and ACPA-Negative Arthralgia Patients Have Different Symptoms
Leonie E Burgers¹, Hanna W van Steenbergen¹, Lukas Mangnus², Tom WJ Huizinga¹ and Annette HM van der Helm-van Mil¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive and ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have different genetic risk factors and underlying biological mechanisms. Therefore, we hypothesized that patients’ characteristics…