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Is measurement of IgM and IgA rheumatoid factors (RF) in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis clinically useful?

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Is measurement of IgM and IgA rheumatoid factors (RF) in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis clinically useful?

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Ferreira RA; Silva CH; Silva DA; Sopelete MC; Kiss MH; Mineo JR; Ferriani VP Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, CEP: 14049-900, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. The prevalence and clinical relevance of IgM and IgA RF detected by ELISA were studied in 91 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and 45 healthy children. IgM and IgA RF were detected, respectively, in 33 and 44% of the patients, compared to 6.7 and 15.6% of the healthy children (p = 0.001 and 0.0006, respectively). The frequency of IgM RF was significantly higher in patients with polyarticular (52%) as compared to systemic onset JRA (21%; p = 0.04). Five out of ninety-one patients and none of the control group were IgM RF positive by the latex test. High levels of IgM RF were detected more frequently in patients with active disease (p = 0.

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