Abstracts tagged "diagnostic criteria and rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1247 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Diagnostic Modeling of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Oklahoma Tribal Members Using Soluble Mediators
Lucas Adams¹, Carla J. Guthridge¹, Tim Gross¹, Hua Chen¹, Krista M. Bean¹, Virginia C. Roberts¹, Julie M. Robertson², Melissa E. Munroe¹, Joel M. Guthridge³, Roger Montgomery⁴, M. Sohail Khan⁴, Fabio Mota⁵, Michael Peercy⁶, Bobby Saunkeah⁷ and Judith A. James^8,9, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Acelity, San Antonio, TX, ³Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Cherokee Nation Health Services, Tahlequah, OK, ⁵Chickasaw Nation Medical Center, Ada, OK, ⁶Epidemiology, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Ada, OK, ⁷Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Ada, OK, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of RA is difficult in American Indian (AI) patients who often have atypical autoantibodies (e.g. ANA) with erosive arthritis. Soluble mediators may serve…