ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 2412 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Carl Turesson1, Christina Book2, Ulf Bergström2, Lennart Truedsson3, Lennart Jacobsson2 and Tore Saxne4, 1Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, 2Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 4Section of Rheumatology, Deparment of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies may be detected years before the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We have previously shown that levels of Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP),…