Journal article
Clinical relevance of rheumatoid factor and anti‐citrullinated peptides in fibrotic interstitial lung disease
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a frequent cause of interstitial lung disease (ILD); however, the impact of rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated peptide antibody seropositivity in ILD without connective tissue disease (CTD) is unclear. We examined the association of seropositivity with ILD progression, mortality and response to immunosuppression in non-CTD ILD.
METHODS: A total of 1570 non-CTD patients (with …
Authors
Zheng B; Donohoe K; Hambly N; Johannson KA; Assayag D; Fisher JH; Manganas H; Marcoux V; Khalil N; Kolb M
Journal
Respirology, Vol. 27, No. 10, pp. 854–862
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 2022
DOI
10.1111/resp.14301
ISSN
1323-7799