Abstracts tagged "Rheumatoid Factor and outcomes"

Abstract Number: 463 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
High-titer Rheumatoid Factor Impacts Real-life Management Outcomes of Rheumatoid Arthtitis
Cleandro Albuquerque¹, Ana Reis ², Ana Santos ³, Claiton Brenol ⁴, Ivanio Pereira ⁵, Karina Bonfiglioli ⁶, Manoel Bertolo ⁷, Maria Guimarães ⁸, Maria Sauma ⁹, Paulo Filho ¹⁰, Rina Giorgi ¹¹, Sebastião Radominski ¹², Licia Mota ¹ and Geraldo Castelar ³, ¹UnB, Brasília, Brazil, ²UniCeub, Brasília, Brazil, ³UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁴Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, ⁵UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil, ⁶Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁷University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁸UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ⁹UFPA, Belém, Brazil, ¹⁰USP, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹¹Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹²Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The rheumatoid factors (RF) have established roles in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis, prediction of disease onset and drug response, and in classifying patients as…