diagnostic utility of the anti-CCP antibody test is no better than rheumatoid factor in South Africans with early rheumatoid arthritis - Hodkinson, Bridget; Meyer, Pieter W. A; Musenge, Eustasius; Ally, Mahmood M. T; Wadee, Ahmed A; Anderson, Ronald; Tikly, Mohammed (Clinical rheumatology, 2010)
Keywords: Adult; Africa; African Continental Ancestry Group; Anti-CCP antibodies; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnosis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - immunology; Autoantibodies; Autoantibodies - immunology; Black People; Blacks; Cross-Sectional Studies; diagnosis; diagnostic use; Female; Humans; immunology; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - diagnosis; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - immunology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article; Peptides, Cyclic; Peptides, Cyclic - immunology; Predictive Value of Tests; Regression Analysis; rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid Factor; Rheumatoid Factor - immunology; Rheumatology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; South Africa; Africa; South Africa; Rheumatoid factor; Blacks; Anti-CCP antibodies; Rheumatoid arthritis; Africa