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From: The prevalence of ACPA is lower in rheumatoid arthritis patients with an older age of onset but the composition of the ACPA response appears identical

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Risk of ACPA-positivity and ACPA-negativity in RA patients compared with individuals from the Dutch source population, presented for different age categories. For example, in the age group 18–29 the risk of being ACPA-positive was 87 times higher for RA patients than for individuals from the general Dutch population, and the risk of being ACPA-negative was 0.48 times higher (meaning 52% lower). The ratio for ACPA-negativity increased at older age. ACPA anti-citrullinated protein antibodies

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Arthritis Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1478-6362

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