| Autor: |
Tamai, Mami, Kawakami, Atsushi, Iwanaga, Nozomi, Fujikawa, Keita, Tanaka, Fumiko, Aramaki, Toshiyuki, Izumi, Yasumori, Aratake, Kouichiro, Arima, Kazuhiko, Kamachi, Makoto, Nakamura, Hideki, Huang, Mingguo, Ida, Hiroaki, Origuchi, Tomoki, Eguchi, Katsumi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Internal Medicine. 45(12):795-797 |
| ISSN: |
0918-2918 |
| Popis: |
We have studied the serology of 6 patients with palindromic rheumatism. None of the patients fulfilled the classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis at the entry; however, 4 out of the 6 patients were seropositive for IgM rheumatoid factor (IgM-RF) at entry. Sequential serological study was performed in 4 patients; IgM-RF changed from seronegative to seropositive in one patient, and the titer increased in another patient. Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP Ab) at the entry was detected in only one of the 6 patients; that patient later developed RA. Although follow-up is necessary, the present study may suggest the importance of serological examination, especially anti-CCP Ab, in patients with palindromic rheumatism. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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