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 ...

Men and women with raised levels of an antibody known as rheumatoid factor in their blood have up to a 26-fold greater long term risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, finds a study published on bmj ...

Rheumatoid arthritis, specifically seronegative RA, demonstrates a casual effect on increasing gout risk, which may suggest a level of epidemiological association, genetic causality or intersecting ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and higher rheumatoid factor demonstrated better DAS28-CRP improvement with ...

At selected visits, levels of CD19+ B cells and CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells were measured by fluorescence-activated cell sorting, and immunoglobulin (IgG, IgA, and IgM) concentrations and rheumatoid ...

One-third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis had unacceptably high levels of pain 5 years after diagnosis, often despite low levels of inflammation, Swedish researchers found. In an inception ...