Pulmonary rheumatoid nodules can resemble cancer or infection, making biopsy and careful imaging critical for accurate ...

Smoking is the most established environmental risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 1 One hypothesis on the effect of smoking is that smoking causes citrullination of peptides and in ...

RA primarily affects the joints, but it can also cause symptoms in other areas of the body, such as the skin. Learn how RA ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic autoimmune disease marked by tissue inflammation and joint destruction, has a well established predisposition for women.

The prevalence of anti-SSA and/or anti-SSB was higher in rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive patients compared with RF-negative patients (5.1% vs 1.6%, p=0.04). No cases of CHB and/or NLS in the offspring ...

Rheumatoid factor has been shown to be related to cardiovascular mortality in early inflammatory polyarthritis 25 and to overall mortality in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis. 11 ...

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Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) increases the risk of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), according to a new study published in the scientific journal Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology.

Objective Autoantibodies are a key feature of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They can be detected years before disease onset, but it is unknown if there is any pattern in the co-occurrence of antigen ...

The underlying mechanisms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain inconclusive; nevertheless, several factors may contribute to developing and exacerbating the disease’s signs and symptoms. It is well ...