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International consensus on antinuclear antibody em Portugal
Sousa, Maria José; Neves, Esmeralda; Figueiras, Otília; Cruz, Ana Paula; Fernandes, Isabel; Mendes, Alexandra; Santos, Maria do Céu; Cunha, RosárioIntroduction: Screening for autoantibodies in HEp-2 cells by indirect immunofluorescence is currently accepted as the gold-standard test for the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases. The main objective of the International Consensus on ANA Patterns is to achieve a consensus on the nomenclature and description of antinuclear antibody morphological patterns. This work aims to build on the International Conse...
Associação entre presença de factores reumatóides 16M no soro e resposta à tera...
Mourão, Ana Filipa; M. Pimentel-Santos, F.; Falcao, Sandra; Barros, Rita; Pinto, Teresa Laura; Mendes, Alexandra; Castelão, Walter; Nero, PatríciaAIM To verify if the response to TNFalpha inhibitors is influenced by the presence of IgM rheumatoid factor (RF), in patients with RA. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this study, the patients with the diagnosis of RA treated with TNFa inhibitors followed in our hospital were recruited. A protocol was applied including demographic, clinical and laboratory data, in order to calculate DAS 28. The presence/absence of IgM R...