Abstracts tagged "Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and arthroscopy"

Abstract Number: 80 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Prediction of Future Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients with Seropositive Arthralgia
Candice Low¹, Richard Conway², Francis Young³, Eamonn S. Molloy⁴, Anne Barbara Mongey⁴, Anthony G. Wilson⁵, Ursula Fearon⁶ and Douglas J. Veale¹, ¹Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²CARD Newman Research Fellow, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, ⁴Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland, ⁵UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Molecular Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Arthralgia in patients who are seropositive for rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) is a precursor to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in some…