Healthy individuals with elevated plasma levels of the antibody rheumatoid factor had up to a 26-fold greater long-term risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis than those with normal levels in a ...

September 7, 2012 — Elevated rheumatoid factor (RF) levels in healthy patients may be a strong predictor of future rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to data from a prospective cohort study ...

May 23, 2011 — Anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) is a better tool for classifying rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than rheumatoid factor (RF) levels are and should replace RF levels when the 2010 ...

When persistent joint pain strikes, the search for answers often leads to a crucial diagnostic tool: the rheumatoid factor test. This relatively quick blood analysis serves as a window into the immune ...

Rheumatoid factor (RF) is an antibody present in blood. The rheumatoid factor test checks for the presence of this antibody. The test is performed using a reagent kit. A blood sample is drawn from the ...

ATLANTA, Nov. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, will present a post hoc analysis of the EXXELERATE trial examining the efficacy of CIMZIA ® (certolizumab pegol) and ...

Antibodies to peptides not currently used for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis helped identify patients with untreated early disease that conventional biomarkers missed, researchers said. Almost ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with rheumatoid arthritis had higher levels of tumor necrosis factor-like ligand 1A and decoy receptor ...

The rheumatoid arthritis severity scale (RASS) was developed to help doctors assess disease activity, functional impairment, and physical damage caused by RA. Newer methods are now more commonly used.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of osteoporotic fractures if they have elevated adipokines, according to a recent report. 1 However, the investigators behind the study, ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Do tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) improve HbA1c in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? The answer depends on the agent and on whether patients have diabetes mellitus, according ...