Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and imaging techniques"

Abstract Number: 1486 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Incidence of Subclinical Signs of Inflammation in Patients with New Onset of Non-Specific Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Positivity: First Interims Analysis of the Panora Trial
Michaela Koehm^1,2, Ulf Henkemeier^2,3, Tanja Rossmanith², Stephanie Dauth², Timm Oberwahrenbrock², Ann Christina Foldenauer², Karola Mergenthal⁴, Harald Burkhardt^2,3,5 and Frank Behrens^2,3,5, ¹Division of Rheumatology Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ²Fraunhofer IME Branch for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Centre of Innovative Diagnostics and Therapeutics Rheumatology / Immunology at University Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Institute for General Practice Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁵Division of Rheumatology Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease affecting approx. 1% of the adult population of Northern Europe and North America. Strategies for…