Background An increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) complications has been described in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is the result of the combined effect of classic CV risk …

Background: A proportion of healthy individuals express positivity for rheumatoid arthritis
(RA)-related autoantibodies without clinically apparent RA [1],[2]. Current research indicates …

Background The contribution of smoking to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is hypothesized to be
mediated through formation of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA). In RA, however …

Objective Smoking and HLA–DRB1/shared epitope (SE) alleles are risk factors for
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) characterized by seropositivity for antibodies targeting citrullinated …

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk which may start even before diagnosis. To explore this CVD risk prior to …

Introduction Although the role of platelets in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is relatively
unexplored, recent studies point towards a contribution of platelets in arthritis. We set out to …

Background Musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms are among the commonest reasons for
primary care assessments; however, few individuals will be diagnosed with an inflammatory …

Figure 1 (A) ACPA, anti-CarP and AAPA IgG levels, using the CCP4, CHcitP4 and
CAcetylP4 peptides as antigen, in arbitrary units per ml (aU/mL) over time of 19 patients with …

Background Thrombocytopenia is a manifestation associated with primary antiphospholipid
syndrome (PAPS), and many studies have stressed the leading role played by platelets in …

Career situation of first and presenting author Resident. Introduction The current EULAR-
2010 diagnostic criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) relies heavily on the presence of auto …