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An Adoptive Transfer Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Mice
Published on: June 6, 2025
Antiperinuclear factors are present in polyarthritis before ACR criteria for rheumatoid arthritis are fulfilled
J M Berthelot1, Y Maugars, A Castagné
1Service de Rhumatologie, Hôtel-Dieu, CHU Nantes, France.
Objective:
To show that antiperinuclear factor (APF) may be useful for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis at a time when the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria are not yet fulfilled.
Methods:
Testing for APF-IgG (1:100 threshold) and rheumatoid factors (RF) was done in 60 patients with polyarthritis of recent onset during a three year follow up.
Results:
At the end of the study, 21/40 rheumatoid arthritis were positive for RF and 31/40 for APF, including 18/40 cases (45%) in which ACR criteria were not yet fulfilled.
Conclusions:
APF are useful in the diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis.
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