Prevalence and clinical correlates of rheumatoid factor and anticitrullinated protein antibodies in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.

Veerle IdeXavier BossuytDaniël BlockmansEllen De Langhe

Published in: RMD open (2018)

RF and ACPA are prevalent in IIM, although we detected a lower prevalence than reported in previous studies. Presence of these antibodies in patients with IIM patients is not clinically relevant in our cohort.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
rheumatoid arthritis
late onset
protein protein
systemic lupus erythematosus
early onset
rheumatoid arthritis patients
amino acid
disease activity
duchenne muscular dystrophy