Serological changes in the course of traditional and biological disease modifying therapy of rheumatoid arthritis
Serological changes in the course of traditional and biological disease modifying therapy of rheumatoid arthritis
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DOI:
10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202297
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发表时间:
2013-02-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
Aletaha, Daniel
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作者:
Boehler, Christoph;Radner, Helga;Aletaha, Daniel
Objective To investigate changes of rheumatoid factor (RF) and antibodies against citrullinated peptides (ACPA) during therapy with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs.Methods We obtained clinical and serological data of patients from the treatment start and after 6 months of therapy. With non-parametric tests, we analysed changes of ACPA and RF levels between the two visits and the influence of treatment response. Furthermore, we analysed potential influential factors as disease chronicity, different therapeutics and the trend over 18 months.Results 143 ACPA and RF positive patients were included. The median (25th/75th percentile) relative changes after 6 months were -35.6% (-63.3; -8.3) for RF and -15.2% (-40.0; 10.0) for ACPA (p