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Skare,Thelma Larocca; Silva,Marilia Barreto Gameiro; Silva,Mônica Gomes da; Gomes,Fábio; Rumor,Carla; Giacomini,Glaucio. |
This study was carried out to analyse the possible influence of smoking on the positivity of rheumatoid factor (RF) in healthy individuals in the region of Curitiba, Brazil. One hundred fifty blood donors (84 smokers and 66 non-smokers ) were studied for the presence of RF using nephelometry. Smoking was found not to be correlated to the positivity of RF, independently of the smokers sex (men with p=0.09 and women with p=0.49), the number of cigarettes/day (p=0.20), duration of smoking (p=0.18) and cumulative exposure (time X quantity) to cigarettes (p=0.13). |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rheumatoid factor; Smoking; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tobacco exposure. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132002000200012 |
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Nieto-Colonia,A.M.; Santos,W.S.; Keusseyan,S.P.; Caldana,W.; Fernandes,A.R.C.; Andrade,L.E.C.. |
Antibodies to citrullinated peptides are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and represent a significant risk factor for undifferentiated polyarthritis. This prognostic ability may be related to the very diagnostic performance of these autoantibodies, since RA is a more erosive disease than other forms of arthritis. The present study evaluated an association of antibodies to citrullinated peptides and the rate of joint destruction in patients with a well-established diagnosis of RA. Seventy-one patients with RA were evaluated in 1994 and again in 2002 (functional class, joint count, Health Assessment Questionnaire score, hands X-ray). Autoantibodies (rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-perinuclear factor, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP)... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Autoantibodies; Citrullinated peptides; Disease severity; Joint imaging. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000300002 |
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