Search Results rheumatoid factor
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Impact of treatment with infliximab on anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody and rheumatoid factor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.(Disease/Disorder overview)
...peptide (anti-CCP) antibody and rheumatoid factor (RF) levels in patients with...Words: Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor, anticyclic citrullinated peptide...manifestations of the disease. Rheumatoid factor (RF) and more recently, anticyclic...
November 1, 2006; Southern Medical Journal
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Diagnostic Performance and Predictive Value of Rheumatoid Factor, Anti-citrullinated Peptide Antibodies, and the HLA Shared Epitope for Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid factor (RF) is currently the most accepted laboratory test for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is part of the revised American College of...
January 1, 2005; Clinical Chemistry
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rheumatoid factor (RF)
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 rheumatoid factor (RF), a type of antibody often found in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid factors are present in about...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia
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Analysis of clinical use of rheumatoid factor. (Tips from Other Journals)
Rheumatoid factor is an 1gm antibody directed against IgG. Its biologic function is unknown. Rheumatoid factor determination is a test commonly used...Shmerling and Delbanco review the data on rheumatoid factor to identify circumstances in which...
March 1, 1992; American Family Physician
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Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-CCP Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Review
...relied on the detection of rheumatoid factor. A new assay that detects antibodies...rheumatoid arthritis; RF = rheumatoid factor. INDEX TERMS: anti-CCP; rheumatoid arthritis; rheumatoid factor. Clin Lab Sci 2008;21(1):15...
January 1, 2008; Clinical Laboratory Science
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OC may protect against the development of rheumatoid factor.(Gynecology)
...inversely associated with being rheumatoid-factor positive, Kevin D. Deane, M...time and 10% were positive for rheumatoid factor. The odds ratio of a woman being positive for rheumatoid factor was 0.18 if she had used oral...
January 15, 2005; OB GYN News
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OC use, RF status appear inversely related.(Rheumatology)(use of oral contraception inversely appears to be associated with rheumatoid-factor positive)(Brief Article)
...inversely associated with being rheumatoid-factor positive, Kevin D. Deane, M...time and 10% were positive for rheumatoid factor. Data analysis showed that...a woman being positive for rheumatoid factor was 0.18 if she had used oral...
March 15, 2005; Internal Medicine News
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Positive relationship between melatonin receptor type 1B polymorphism and rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid arthritis patients in the Korean population.(Abstracts)(Brief Article)
...allele frequency was observed between RA patients and controls. The genotype distributions and allele frequencies of rheumatoid factor negative [RF(-)] patients were similar to those of controls. However, statistical analysis of genotype revealed...
December 1, 2005; Alternative Medicine Review
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Rituximab response better in seropositive RA patients.(Clinical Rounds)
...Baseline seropositivity for rheumatoid factor and anticyclic citrullinated...but there are reasons why rheumatoid factor and anticyclic citrullinated...according to Dr. Tak, such as: * Rheumatoid factor-positive RA is associated with...
February 1, 2007; Skin & Allergy News
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Childhood exposure to infection may protect women from RA.(Clinical Rounds)
...be more likely to produce [rheumatoid factor] and perhaps begin the pathological...researchers' study measured rheumatoid factor levels in 675 men and 668 women...investigated the association of rheumatoid factor with markers of exposure to...
April 1, 2006; OB GYN News
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