Brief Report: Airways abnormalities and rheumatoid arthritis–related autoantibodies in subjects without arthritis: Early injury or initiating site of autoimmunity?

Kristen Demoruelle, M.; H. Weisman, Michael; L. Simonian, Philip; A. Lynch, David; B. Sachs, Peter; F. Pedraza, Isabel; Harrington, Annie; Kolfenbach, Jason; C. Striebich, Christopher; N. Pham, Quyen; Strickland, C.; D. Petersen, Brian; C. Parish, Mark; A. Derber, Lezlie; M. Norris, Jill; Michael Holers, V.; D. Deane, Kevin

doi:10.1002/art.34344

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Brief Report: Airways abnormalities and rheumatoid arthritis–related autoantibodies in subjects without arthritis: Early injury or initiating site of autoimmunity?

Published in Arthritis & Rheumatism • Dec 19, 2011

Authors:

M. Kristen Demoruelle

Michael H. Weisman

Philip L. Simonian

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of pulmonary abnormalities in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related autoantibody-positive subjects without inflammatory arthritis. METHODS: Forty-two subjects who did not have inflammatory arthritis but were positive for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies an...

Subject

Autoantibody

Medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis

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