"Rheumatoid Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Antibodies found in adult RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS patients that are directed against GAMMA-CHAIN IMMUNOGLOBULINS.
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D012217
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.485.114.323.732 D12.776.124.790.651.114.323.732 D12.776.377.715.548.114.323.732
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatoid Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Tobacco-Derived Lipopolysaccharide, Not Microbial Translocation, as a Potential Contributor to the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Mediators Inflamm. 2019; 2019:4693870.
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HLA-DRB1 Amino Acid Positions and Residues Associated with Antibody-positive Rheumatoid Arthritis in Black South Africans. J Rheumatol. 2019 02; 46(2):138-144.
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Diagnostic utility of, and influence of tobacco usage and genetic predisposition on, immunoglobulin A, rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated peptide auto-antibodies in South African rheumatoid arthritis patients. Afr Health Sci. 2018 Jun; 18(2):295-303.
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Comparison of the diagnostic potential of three anti-citrullinated protein antibodies as adjuncts to rheumatoid factor and CCP in a cohort of South African rheumatoid arthritis patients. Rheumatol Int. 2018 Jun; 38(6):993-1001.
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Nesfatin-1 and visfatin expression is associated with reduced atherosclerotic disease risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Peptides. 2018 04; 102:31-37.
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The diagnostic utility of the anti-CCP antibody test is no better than rheumatoid factor in South Africans with early rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2010 Jun; 29(6):615-8.
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Performance of automated measurement of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide in the routine clinical laboratory. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2007; 67(8):859-67.
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Infective endocarditis, rheumatoid factor, and anticardiolipin antibodies. Ann Rheum Dis. 1990 Feb; 49(2):107-8.
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Humoral immunity and composition of immune complexes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, with special reference to IgE-containing immune complexes. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1989 Sep-Oct; 7(5):485-92.
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A useful method for determining class-specific rheumatoid factors with computerized analyses of data. J Immunol Methods. 1988 Feb 24; 107(1):93-101.